Economists regard migration as a movement of individuals in search of a better life and call for more immigration to offset population aging, or to provide workers to do the “dirty jobs.” But such evocations of “economic man” miss a key dimension of migration: People carry their culture with them across political frontiers.
经济学家将移民视为个体追寻更好的生活的运动，支持用更多的移民来抵消人口老化或提供干“脏活”的工人。但这一对“经济人”的召唤没有考虑到移民的一个关键特征：人们在穿越政治边境时也带来了他们的文化。我们不能认为经济成功会自动带来文化趋同。