# Why We Feel Screwed: Immigration, Growth, and the Zero-Sum Mindset

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Podcast: [The Argument](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944)
Published: 2025-12-08T11:00:00+00:00
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Why do so many people believe immigrants are screwing them even when the evidence says otherwise? Economist Sahil Chinoy joins host Jerusalem Demsas to break down his massive 20,000-person study on zero-sum thinking — the worldview that assumes someone else’s gain must be your loss. They dig into how family histories of enslavement and immigration shape attitudes today, why young Americans are so much more zero-sum than older generations, and how economic stagnation fuels a sense of sca...

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