Weekly links roundup 05 2014
Here’s our weekly installment of links from around the web (see here for all link roundups). As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. The Political Externalities of Immigration: Evidence from the...
View ArticlePublic schooling for immigrants’ kids — why’s it a problem?
One of the common complaints of critics of migration is the welfare state/fiscal burden objection, or more specifically, the observation that migrants impose a net fiscal burden on the receiving...
View ArticleImplications of embracing low-end estimates of the global economic impact of...
Carl Shulman’s recent post on upward and downward biases in the double world GDP estimates, as well as Nathan’s (forthcoming) post proposing his own model, led me to start thinking about the extent to...
View ArticleLooking for bloggers — we have enough ideas, we need writers
We have sought new bloggers two times, and been rewarded. Our contact form for new bloggers has remained active. But we recently made a minor change that’s worth announcing. You may have noticed that...
View ArticleWeekly links roundup 06 2014
Here’s our weekly installment of links from around the web (see here for all link roundups). As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. A Special Path To Citizenship Is Not Necessary by Matthew...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Global Economic Impact of Open Borders: My Take
To estimate the global economic impact of opening the world’s borders to migration involves heroic extrapolation. It is therefore a task in which theory must do most of the heavy lifting, with...
View ArticleOpen Borders the website: penetration with Internet libertarians
This post was originally drafted in October and November 2013. I have kept the post largely as is, with some updates clearly marked as such. At the time of my late October 2013 editing round, the page...
View ArticleSlippery slopes to open borders
One of the topics that came up at the Open Borders Bay Area Meetup (Sunday January 12) was the idea of slippery slopes towards open borders. My post is based on ideas raised in the discussions, but...
View ArticleAgainst conflating open borders with other migration-related beliefs
For a lot of people, both “pro-migration” and “anti-migration” people, questions about how open the borders should be are almost synonymous with their answers to questions such as: Do you believe that...
View ArticleWith Open Borders, Should Governments Facilitate Migration?
Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute has suggested helping America’s long-term unemployed by having the U.S. government subsidize their relocation from areas in the U.S. with poor labor...
View ArticleWeekly links roundup 07 2014
Here’s our weekly installment of links from around the web (see here for all link roundups). As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. He’s on the prowl in Africa as lions stalk poor refugees by...
View ArticleGrappling with the Goose
The suggestion that open borders would (or could) “kill the goose that lays the golden eggs” is in my view one of the strongest arguments against open borders. The argument is that at some level or...
View ArticleImmigration vs Basic Income
In a recent article about why a a guaranteed income won’t work in this country, Megan McArdle wrote that: “There is no way that we are going to admit people to this country in order to hand them, and...
View ArticleTyler Cowen Must Try Harder to Think Clearly
Tyler Cowen is a remarkable thinker. He is a sponge for information and a great summarizer, categorizer, and synthesizer thereof. It is a service in which our age, with its sprawling clamor of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Worried about Hispanic immigration to the US? Your worst fears have already...
More than any other country in the world, the US epitomises a country welcoming to immigrants. Its legacy of reaping the boons of immigration, and outsized influence on the world stage are why we so...
View ArticleIntroducing Michelangelo Landgrave
We’re happy to announce the addition of a new occasional blogger to our ever-growing roster of contributors: Michelangelo Geovanny Landgrave Lara. Michelangelo is an economics student in California. He...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NAFTA’s Labor Agreement
Last November President Obama was heckled by pro-migrant activists demanding that his administration take action to halt deportations. The President responded that he was unable to take further steps...
View ArticleOpen Borders Action Group
Open borders supporter Fabio Rojas, the brain behind the Open Borders Logo Contest, recently converted the Open Borders Logo Contest Facebook group to the Open Borders Action Group (OBAG). While the...
View ArticleWeekly links roundup 08 2014
Here’s our weekly installment of links from around the web (see here for all link roundups). As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. Conversation with Howard Adelman, academic and activist on...
View ArticleWeekly OBAG roundup 01 2014
This is the first of a series of weekly posts with the most interesting content from the Open Borders Action Group on Facebook. Do join the group to weigh in on existing discussions or start your own...
View ArticleBiweekly links roundup 09 2014
We’re experimenting with switching the frequency of our link roundups from weekly to biweekly (twice a week). The current plan is to publish link roundups every Tuesday and Friday. See here for all...
View ArticleWould migration levels under open borders be optimal, too high, or too low?
A common criticism of free markets is that due to market failure, the level of supply of a particular good or activity may be too high or too low. Of course, this isn’t necessarily a case for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Open Borders Morality Play
Last week Rumplestatskin, at the Australian outfit Macrobusiness, criticized Alex Tabarrok’s moral appeal for open borders as a “morality play of the 1%”. He quotes Tabarrok’s (open borders...
View ArticleHow do open borders meaningfully differ from mainstream “immigration reform”?
Co-blogger Vipul raised recently the question of whether pursuing the radical concept of open borders is really worth it, compared to just focusing on moderate “immigration reform”. Given I blog here,...
View ArticleBiweekly links roundup 10 2014
Here’s our Friday link roundup. See here for all link roundups. As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. Follow us on Twitter for a steady stream of links and discussion. Why Republicans should...
View Article