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17 connected korrents · 15 moments on record from 17 Nov 2023 to 7 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about immigration .
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religion Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Migrants filling low-skill jobs in rich countries take nobody’s job, because the native workforce is shrinking faster than those jobs are appearing. Migrants filling low-skill jobs in rich countries take nobody’s job, because the native workforce is shrinking faster than those jobs are appearing. Last stated 3 years ago
29 Nov 2023
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Lant Pritchett — holds since 2023-11-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America treats its inability to build and to admit skilled migrants as mysteries to be endured rather than problems to be solved. — tap to centre the map on it America treats its inability to build and to admit skilled migrants as mysteries to be endured rather than problems to be solved. Last stated 3 years ago
23 Jan 2024
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Dan Wang — holds since 2024-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ending a temporary immigration status overnight, after people have built lives in reliance on it, does real harm to them and to their communities. — tap to centre the map on it Ending a temporary immigration status overnight, after people have built lives in reliance on it, does real harm to them and to their communities. Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Scott Greenfield — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hispanic immigrants are integrating into the American mainstream faster than the European immigrants of the nineteenth century did. — tap to centre the map on it Hispanic immigrants are integrating into the American mainstream faster than the European immigrants of the nineteenth century did. Last stated 3 years ago
17 Nov 2023
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John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current American movement against immigration is a periodic nativist backlash of the kind the country has had before, not a new phenomenon. — tap to centre the map on it The current American movement against immigration is a periodic nativist backlash of the kind the country has had before, not a new phenomenon. Last stated 5 months ago
9 Apr 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate. — tap to centre the map on it A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anti-immigration parties gain ground by generating fear, not by winning the argument about what immigration does. — tap to centre the map on it Anti-immigration parties gain ground by generating fear, not by winning the argument about what immigration does. Last stated 3 years ago
29 Nov 2023
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Lant Pritchett — holds since 2023-11-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As every population ages, countries will have to compete for migrants rather than choose freely among them. — tap to centre the map on it As every population ages, countries will have to compete for migrants rather than choose freely among them. Last stated 2 years ago
1 Nov 2024
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Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assimilation should never require an immigrant to give up their religion or their heritage. — tap to centre the map on it Assimilation should never require an immigrant to give up their religion or their heritage. Last stated 5 months ago
9 Apr 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
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Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. Last stated a year ago
14 Apr 2025
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. — tap to centre the map on it Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago
10 Sept 2025
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Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Migrants filling low-skill jobs in rich countries take nobody’s job, because the native workforce is shrinking faster than those jobs are appearing.
Holds LP Lant PritchettRead this korrent →
America treats its inability to build and to admit skilled migrants as mysteries to be endured rather than problems to be solved.
Holds DW Dan Wang
Ending a temporary immigration status overnight, after people have built lives in reliance on it, does real harm to them and to their communities.
Holds SG Scott Greenfield
Hispanic immigrants are integrating into the American mainstream faster than the European immigrants of the nineteenth century did.
Holds JM John Mearsheimer
The current American movement against immigration is a periodic nativist backlash of the kind the country has had before, not a new phenomenon.
Holds
A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate.
Holds
Anti-immigration parties gain ground by generating fear, not by winning the argument about what immigration does.
Holds LP Lant Pritchett
As every population ages, countries will have to compete for migrants rather than choose freely among them.
Holds AE Alice Evans
Assimilation should never require an immigrant to give up their religion or their heritage.
Holds
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Holds EB Eric Berger
A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted.
Holds JW Jack Weatherford
Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home.
Holds JC John H. Cochrane
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing.
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Holds MH Max Hodak
A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it.
Holds
A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language.
Holds DR David Reich