The Immigrant Superpower: How Brains, Brawn, and Bravery Make America Stronger

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Tim Kane (President of The American Lyceum, President of The American Lyceum, Hoover Institution, Stanford University)

The Immigrant Superpower

How Brains, Brawn, and Bravery Make America Stronger

Tim Kane (President of The American Lyceum, President of The American Lyceum, Hoover Institution, Stanford University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
17 June 2024

Ethnic studies; Comparative politics; Labour economics

An insightful, persuasive, and honest defense of immigration as central to the United States' economic power and national security.

America was built by immigrants, yet there has long been strong political opposition to immigration. In recent years, the hostility toward immigration has reached a tipping point. While partisan fighting and confusion over basic policy dominate a broken conversation, we often overlook a fundamental American truth: immigration makes America great.

In The Immigrant Superpower, Tim Kane argues that immigration has been a source of American strength and American exceptionalism since the nation's founding. This book explores how immigration is essential to the military strength, economic power, and innovation of the United States. By combining stories of immigrants who have contributed to the American experience, including in the military and business, with analysis of immigration's effects on wages and unemployment, Kane presents a clear defense of greater immigration as a matter of national security.

The only way to win the great power competition of the twenty-first century is to embrace America's identity as a nation of immigrants. As politicians in Washington continue to negotiate with no intention to reach an agreement, Kane exposes the immigration consensus hiding in plain sight. Using original, in-depth surveys of American attitudes toward immigration reform he maps out a step-by-step process to achieve reform. Straight-talking and full of common sense, The Immigrant Superpower stands in sharp contrast to the wholly dysfunctional debate about immigration in the United States.

By: Tim Kane (President of The American Lyceum President of The American Lyceum Hoover Institution Stanford University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780197676301
ISBN 10: 0197676308
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 17 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures Acknowledgements PART I. LIFE AND DEATH 1. Oaths 2. Threats 3. Invasions PART II. PEOPLE AND TRIBE 4. Origins 5. Presidents 6. Eras 7. Walls 8. Divides PART III. RESOURCES AND RIVALRY 9. Brawn 10. Bravery 11. Brains PART IV. MICRO AND MACRO 12. Narratives 13. Economies 14. Cultures 15. Americans 16. Futures Notes Bibliography Index

Tim Kane is the President of The American Lyceum and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California San Diego. His previous books include Bleeding Talent (2013) and Balance: The Economics of Great Power from Modern America to Ancient Rome (with Glenn Hubbard, 2013).