-
A. In general, libertarians accept that immigration (related to work and not welfare), contribute to the economic growth of a country. It is said that they do not steal jobs, on the contrary they create jobs and in particular, jobs for native workers. B. Also, it is believed that the jobs for natives...
-
Hello everybody. I am new in this forum and I am recently introduced in libertarian ideas. Therefore, I have many questions. Also, I am 29 y/o and I live in Greece. I would like to ask about immigration and jobs. Here in Greece we have approx. 1,000,000 illegal immigrants from Asia and Africa (total...
-
I am always suspicious that there is a strong connection between economy and politic. Before slaves are the only way to get things done better. So incentive to support slavery is high. Then industrialization run high and low paid workers can get paid higher. More and more capitalists find it easier to...
-
This is just a perfect illustration of the idiotic immigration policies around the world. Even in younger days I wondered why the hell customs people asked why you were traveling. Kim Kardashian on Immigration Watch List Kim Kardashian was placed on an official Australian Immigration Department watch...
-
What are the libertarian positions about immigration? What our beloved Mises, Rothbard, Friedman, Ron Paul etc think about it? And generally speaking, what's the point of taking foreigners? Why they say there is "a need" of them, even in advanced nations?
-
I was reading Democracy the God that failed and read Hoppe's argument about making the case for restricting immigration. Then I read Block making the case for free immigration. Who is right? Block or Hoppe? Rothbard was originally for free immigration, then before he died he called for restricting...
-
What would be the consequences for the world economy if (a) capital was fully mobile but labor was not? (b) both capital and labor could travel to each other freely? I mean, the standard of living of Americans is high, because Americans are comparatively much more productive than the Chinese or Africans...
-
[quote user="Democracy for Breakfast"] Ron Paul isn't very accurate on the issue of illegal immigration. There's also a lot of myths that go around about it, like them not paying taxes, they DO pay their taxes, the most people that don't pay their taxes are wealthy Americans with...
-
As you will find on the here mentionned links, the Hanseatic League's spirit has already been re-started in the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands, in 1980. You will find it at www.hanse.org The actual president is the Mayor of the city of Luebeck in Germany. Since 1980, you have in summer, Hanseatic...
-
[quote user="Byzantine"]Nor is immigration, since welfare requires an ever larger tax base.[/quote] "Welfare State" also requires a large base of people advocating it, demanding it, defending it. Given what kind of immigration one gets, the required power base for doing so can grow...