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Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: evaluation
12 Aug 2026 Conversations with Tyler Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite
“There’s marginal problems, but it’s hard to think of a policy that more economists on a bipartisan basis would endorse.”
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- 12 Aug 2026
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…I came by the H-1B. Good. It’s wonderful. In one of your pieces, one of your recent columns in the public press, you seemed pretty down on high-skilled immigration. Oh, Americans won’t become educated enough. You were back and forth, but why not just say high-skilled immigration is great. There’s more innovation. It helps the whole world. It’s good for our budget. There’s marginal problems, but it’s hard to think of a policy that more economists on a bipartisan basis would endorse. Why be so waffling on it? Great question. I was trying to have my cake and eat it too in that piece. It’s always dangerous to do that. It’s also not an academic piece. That was an op-ed.…
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