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2 Dec 2020 Conversations with Tyler Zach Carter on the Life and Legacy of John Maynard Keynes
“Some of the things, at least from a progressive standpoint today, I would say are good about the law are kind of an accident that take place largely because the architects of the law don’t intend them to take place.”
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- Zach Carter
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- 2 Dec 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Tell us the title, please. It’s called One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle over American Immigration, 1924–1965. I find her book really complicated. I think it generally is underrated because people just don’t know what it is. I would say underappreciated maybe. It’s just not very well known in American society, but there are things about this law that work. There are things about this law that don’t work. Some of the things, at least from a progressive standpoint today, I would say are good about the law are kind of an accident that take place largely because the architects of the law don’t intend them to take place. So the significant increase in Asian American immigration — certainly, the architects of the law aren’t anticipating that. My wife’s family is here because of that law, so it’s underrated. It’s great, I met my wife. Otherwise [laughs], that wouldn’t have happened. That was important for me. Certainly, from a narrow selfish standpoint, I will say it’s underrated. The Sex Pistols — overrated or underrated?…
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