What We’re Reading: August 8, 2017

These are the day’s top talent stories from round the web.

Here’s how President Trump’s plan to cut immigration could impact the U.S. economy, from FiveThirtyEight.

Does the U.S. actually have the highest corporate tax rate in the world? NPR fact checks.

After a long battle for unionization, Nissan workers in Mississippi voted against the movement in a two-to-one margin, reports Reuters.

U.K. residents are taking shorter, more frequent vacations than 10 years ago, writes BBC.

Finally, here’s why some CEOs and military leaders are paying science fiction writers to imagine the future, via The New Yorker.