RSSI often feel that fictional films/books fail to make good points about economics. What’s different about this?
“Tina Fey made fun of Sarah Palin in 2008, so she must be on the side of all that is Good and Appropriate forever, right?”
That would be a very illiberal attitude: that one person is always right about everything. Like thinking that just because President Obama was right about ACA, he is right about Keystone. No each opinion stands on its own merits.
I think principled liberals and conservatives should combine immigration reform with a more generous Earned Income Tax Credit, rather than a higher minimum wage. At least I would like to hear Unz’ argument for a minimum wage rather than the EITC. I don’t think that a minimum wage increase will cause a large increase in unemployment of the lowest paid workers, but why take the chance?