Such politics on Immigration......banta nahin hai boss
Such politics on Immigration......banta nahin hai boss
Today I chanced upon an article in Hindustan Times of which I think a part is worth sharing. The article was about immigration and its merits/ demerits to the US economy.
The said part of the article captivated my attention as it reminded me of the Thackrey clan. I have no means to get my tiny voice reach their mighty ears, but for the sake of record and to get my perceived (?) intellectual quotient appreciated I thought I should discuss it somewhere.
So, here it goes.
(I have included only the relevant excerpts, reduced to bullet points for your convenience. They have been propounded by American academicians and economists with supporting data and the stats. I found them equally applying to the alleged immigration problems in Mumbai.)
This is equally true for Mumbai. The immigrants here come either from the poorer states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to work as daily wage workers which are typically lower paid jobs like construction site workers, auto drivers, hawkers, etc. Otherwise they come as highly paid salaried executives for corporate jobs. Both offer no direct or indirect competition to already established native businesses or services.
This foreign trend needs no other local validity than the most recent national economic downturn. Ultimately it proves beneficial for the native employers in the long run.
This cannot be truer for any other place than this ‘financial capital’ for India. Mumbai owes its past and recent growth to none other than its mixed culture and inheritance, which give it its distinctive flavor which, till the very recent past made Mumbai so inviting and embracing and welcoming.
The reasons for my optimistic co-relation are not too far to search. The influx of cheaper easily replaceable workforce; and additional consumers, entrepreneurs and investors (all together you can read immigrants) will lead to better growth and faster development. And thus better wages and better living conditions for ‘many few’.
In the absence of any concrete supporting data, this is a wishful thinking for the local scenario, but logically this should also not be too far away from the real reality. If the other four findings in America can hold true for Mumbai, I think that this one too can not be completely rejected. Besides it should hold true applying probability theory, co-relation theory, etc. (Hope no real statistician or economist is reading this, if you are please don’t mind my random ignorant usage of terminologies.
A minimal 1 percent (or similar) loss with resulting magnanimous gains!!!!!!
So, ultimately we can conclude that immigration and the immigrants are actually not that bad. ‘They there and we here are making a useless ruckus.’
That is why such politics on immigration- nahin banta.....bilkul nahin banta Boss...
Note: As an after thought......
yes! Mumbai is on a path to destruction. But it is not immigration induced. Rather, this city is set on a route to ‘self destruction’.
The problem of Mumbai is not its growing population. Many cities of the world have flourished with the growth in the number of its inhabitants.
This city will crumble because of its haphazard, non-existent, in-efficient, unplanned infrastructure.
In other words, it is not the number of people living in the city which is the problem, but the amount and quality of the infrastructure that is supposed to supports that many number of people is leading to the problem.
And you know what .....since the authorities and the ‘doers’ are barking at the wrong tree.....there seems no solution in sight!!!!!
Today I chanced upon an article in Hindustan Times of which I think a part is worth sharing. The article was about immigration and its merits/ demerits to the US economy.
The said part of the article captivated my attention as it reminded me of the Thackrey clan. I have no means to get my tiny voice reach their mighty ears, but for the sake of record and to get my perceived (?) intellectual quotient appreciated I thought I should discuss it somewhere.
So, here it goes.
(I have included only the relevant excerpts, reduced to bullet points for your convenience. They have been propounded by American academicians and economists with supporting data and the stats. I found them equally applying to the alleged immigration problems in Mumbai.)
1. Immigrants tend to concentrate in high and low skilled occupations that complement rather than compete with jobs held by natives.
This is equally true for Mumbai. The immigrants here come either from the poorer states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to work as daily wage workers which are typically lower paid jobs like construction site workers, auto drivers, hawkers, etc. Otherwise they come as highly paid salaried executives for corporate jobs. Both offer no direct or indirect competition to already established native businesses or services.
2. The foreign workers who fill lower paying jobs are typically first-hired / first-fired employees, allowing employers to expand and contract their workforces rapidly. As a result immigrants experience higher employment than natives during booms but they suffer higher job losses during downturns.
This foreign trend needs no other local validity than the most recent national economic downturn. Ultimately it proves beneficial for the native employers in the long run.
3. It’s true that an influx of new workers pushes wages down, but immigration also stimulates growth by creating new consumers, entrepreneurs and investors.
This cannot be truer for any other place than this ‘financial capital’ for India. Mumbai owes its past and recent growth to none other than its mixed culture and inheritance, which give it its distinctive flavor which, till the very recent past made Mumbai so inviting and embracing and welcoming.
4. As a result of this growth, economists estimate that wages for the vast majority of American workers are slightly higher than they would be without immigration.
The reasons for my optimistic co-relation are not too far to search. The influx of cheaper easily replaceable workforce; and additional consumers, entrepreneurs and investors (all together you can read immigrants) will lead to better growth and faster development. And thus better wages and better living conditions for ‘many few’.
5. US workers without a high school degree experience wage declines as a result of competition from immigrants, but these losses are modest, at just 1 percent. Economists also estimate that for each job an immigrant fills, an additional job is created.
In the absence of any concrete supporting data, this is a wishful thinking for the local scenario, but logically this should also not be too far away from the real reality. If the other four findings in America can hold true for Mumbai, I think that this one too can not be completely rejected. Besides it should hold true applying probability theory, co-relation theory, etc. (Hope no real statistician or economist is reading this, if you are please don’t mind my random ignorant usage of terminologies.
A minimal 1 percent (or similar) loss with resulting magnanimous gains!!!!!!
So, ultimately we can conclude that immigration and the immigrants are actually not that bad. ‘They there and we here are making a useless ruckus.’
That is why such politics on immigration- nahin banta.....bilkul nahin banta Boss...
Note: As an after thought......
yes! Mumbai is on a path to destruction. But it is not immigration induced. Rather, this city is set on a route to ‘self destruction’.
The problem of Mumbai is not its growing population. Many cities of the world have flourished with the growth in the number of its inhabitants.
This city will crumble because of its haphazard, non-existent, in-efficient, unplanned infrastructure.
In other words, it is not the number of people living in the city which is the problem, but the amount and quality of the infrastructure that is supposed to supports that many number of people is leading to the problem.
And you know what .....since the authorities and the ‘doers’ are barking at the wrong tree.....there seems no solution in sight!!!!!
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