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		konschubert on July 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023 High skilled immigrants also create demand, which creates labour demand. So it’s not clear that they suppress wages.

j-krieger on July 21, 2024 [–]

How exactly is it that highly skilled tech immigrants create demand?

konschubert on July 21, 2024 | [–]

They get a salary. And they spend it.

Thought experiment: If you removed half of the population of a country, would that make the rest of the country richer or poorer?

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