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A country can never be too rich, too beautiful or too full of people

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior lecturer, Boston University
Trump isn’t the first to think a country can be full.Arthimedes/Shutterstock.com

“Our Country is FULL!” U.S. President Donald Trump recently tweeted.

He was referring to immigrants, but the rhetorical tweet begs the question: Can a country ever be full?

Economists like me have been arguing for centuries about the question but also a...

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