Tim Kane on The Immigrant Superpower, How Brains, Brawn, and Bravery Make America Stronger

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

On this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI-99.5FM, author Tim Kane discusses his book The Immigrant Superpower, How Brains, Brawn, and Bravery Make America Stronger. In his book Kane combines stories of immigrants who have contributed to the American experience in the military and in business. He also analyzes immigration’s effects on wages and unemployment. He concludes that immigration has been a source of American strength and exceptionalism since the nation’s founding and that 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. Kane is the J.P. Conte research fellow in Immigration Studies at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He has served as a senior economist on the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. 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.