The Truth About Immigration

Outline

The Truth About Immigration (2024) challenges common myths about immigration using economic data and research. Zeke Hernandez shows how immigrants contribute to business growth, foreign investment, trade, and innovation, and explains why fears about jobs and wages are often overstated. The book encourages a more evidence-based conversation about a heavily debated issue.

• Economic data and research can test the common myths about immigration, which is the approach the book takes.
• Immigrants contribute to business growth, helping companies expand and succeed.
• Immigrants help bring in foreign investment and strengthen trade.
• Newcomers contribute to innovation, which supports wider economic growth.
• Fears about lost jobs and lower wages are often overstated, according to the author.

Zeke Hernandez is a professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research examines how immigrants influence international business, investment, and economic development.