Previously a supporter of free trade, free markets and easy immigration, Angus Deaton says he and the field of economics have prioritized economic efficiency over fairness and the effects it has on workers and others: Nobel Economist Reverses His Support for Migration (msn.com)
He says the U.S. now has an immigrant population the size (as %) it was in the 1870s to 1890s, and that inequality has risen as a result of this.
