Michael Clemens Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Michael Clemens is a developmental economist. Professor of Economics at @GeorgeMasonU and Fellow at @PIIE. Also @IZA_bonn, @CReAM_Research, & @CGDev. Personal views only.

3 books

Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

Ran Abramitzky

Michael Clemens

Just got my copy. If you’re interested in or concerned about the economic effects of US immigration, short term and long, this is where to start.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement

Alexander Betts

Michael Clemens

@JFCrisp Not at all challenging that forced migrants exist! But instead that the Michelle Fleming / @alexander_betts concept of Survival Migration is and should be legally operable

Paperback, 2013

$34.95Member price:$34.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)

The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic: Policing Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century United States

Kevin Kenny

Michael Clemens

As soon as time allows, I’ll be digging into this important new work by Kevin Kenny of @GIHNYU “The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic” https://t.co/FM4Ym3kaom @OUPHistory @OUPAcademic https://t.co/lKGGJLTQ7m

Hardcover, 2023

$30.99Member price:$15.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book