Many of you are researching well-known immigrants (one or several) for your Economic's paper/presentation. You'll be discussing reasons for imigrating to the United States and their contributions to our society. Remember that these projects are withing the framework of economics. Examples of well-known immigrants include:

Albert Einstein, Bob Hope, Charlie Chaplin, Seiji Ozawa, Joseph Pulitzer, Felix Frankfurter, Jacob Riis, Enrico Fermi, Samuel Gompers, Madeleine Albright, Elizabeth Blackwell, John J. Audubon, Wernher von Braun, Andrew Carnegie, Marlene Dietrich, Maura N. Donohue, E. L. Godkin, Cary Grant, Sonja Henie, Gianni Versace, Gabriela Mistral, Alexander Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, among many others.

[Note: Those researching the role and structure of the Federal Reserve Bank under the past and current chairpeople (Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke) might want to check out this article from today's FINANCIAL TIMES. For quick information on inflation check out an easy or better version of the basics.