What Was One of the Key Arguments About Large-Scale Immigration

question 9

Multiple Choice

What was one of the key arguments about large-scale immigration that writer Tamar Jacoby addressed in her 2002 article "Too Many Immigrants"?

• A) Foreign workers took jobs from American workers.
• B) Unemployment rates rose in cities with large immigrant populations.
• C) Cities and states with the largest immigration populations had faster economic growth and lower unemployment.
• D) Refugees and other immigrants had little effect on states' fiscal problems.

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Definitions:

Multiplier Effect

The proportional amount of increase, or decrease, in final income that results from an injection, or withdrawal, of spending.

Fiscal Policy

The manipulation of economic activity through fiscal policies involving spending and taxation by a government.

Aggregate Demand

The cumulative demand for every service and product in an economic system, measured at an overall given price level for a specific time frame.

Marginal Propensity to Consume

The proportion of an increase in income that an individual or population spends on goods and services as opposed to saving.