{"id":1584,"date":"2012-07-20T09:05:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T13:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:57:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:57:25","slug":"new-report-from-fair-takes-on-the-growth-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2012\/07\/20\/new-report-from-fair-takes-on-the-growth-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report from FAIR Takes on the Growth Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why is \u201ceconomic growth\u201d not always a good thing?  How can \u201cjob creation\u201d actually increase the number of unemployed?  FAIR\u2019s newest report, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/publications\/a-change-of-plans-rethinking-rapid-growth-in-a-finite-world\" target=\"_blank\">A Change of Plans: Rethinking Rapid Growth in a Finite World<\/a>,\u201d answers those questions and refutes the premise that economic prosperity is intrinsically tied to population growth.  America\u2019s rapid population growth, made possible because of a \u201cbroken immigration system\u201d at the federal level, has not led to increased prosperity and a better quality of life, but instead has contributed to higher unemployment, increasing income inequality, and ecological degradation. <\/p>\n<p>Most Americans disagree with the notion that \u201call growth is good,\u201d yet many feel powerless to oppose proponents of growth who spend tens of millions of dollars every year on lobbying and marketing campaigns.  But Americans can effect a change.  They can begin by challenging politicians who promote rapid growth to explain why these policies only reap rewards for a small, politically connected elite.  And voters can put into office leaders whose primary goal is not growth but the welfare of all their constituents.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is \u201ceconomic growth\u201d not always a good thing? How can \u201cjob creation\u201d actually increase the number of unemployed? FAIR\u2019s newest report, \u201cA Change of Plans: Rethinking Rapid Growth in a Finite World,\u201d answers those questions and refutes the premise that economic prosperity is intrinsically tied to population growth. America\u2019s rapid population growth, made possible<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2012\/07\/20\/new-report-from-fair-takes-on-the-growth-industry\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[11,4,10,7],"tags":[753,1074],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1586,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}