A single policy change which would revitalise the world economy

More Than Mortal · February 03, 2015, 02:29:04 PM

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I'm not completely sold on open immigration, but there's no doubt that freer immigration between culturally/racially homogeneous countries would be a massive boon.

CIS · February 03, 2015, 03:19:52 PM

What issues could potentially arise from adopting this policy in first world western countries like the UK and US?

More Than Mortal · February 03, 2015, 03:23:29 PM

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What issues could potentially arise from adopting this policy in first world western countries like the UK and US?

Infrastructural stress and cultural tension are the two big ones.

CIS · February 03, 2015, 03:24:47 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on February 03, 2015, 03:23:29 PM

Quote from: CIS Scum on February 03, 2015, 03:19:52 PM
What issues could potentially arise from adopting this policy in first world western countries like the UK and US?
Infrastructural stress and cultural tension are the two big ones.

What are ways that the issue of cultural tension could be addressed?

More Than Mortal · February 03, 2015, 03:26:20 PM

Quote from: CIS Scum on February 03, 2015, 03:24:47 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on February 03, 2015, 03:23:29 PM
Quote from: CIS Scum on February 03, 2015, 03:19:52 PM
What issues could potentially arise from adopting this policy in first world western countries like the UK and US?
Infrastructural stress and cultural tension are the two big ones.

What are ways that the issue of cultural tension could be addressed?

Making sure immigrants assimilate, or--better--making sure they have similar value-systems before coming here in the first instance. Which could largely be circumvented by freeing up immigration from culturally similar countries like America, Australia, France and Germany.

CIS · February 03, 2015, 03:29:17 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on February 03, 2015, 03:26:20 PM

Quote from: CIS Scum on February 03, 2015, 03:24:47 PM
Quote from: Meta Cognition on February 03, 2015, 03:23:29 PM
Quote from: CIS Scum on February 03, 2015, 03:19:52 PM
What issues could potentially arise from adopting this policy in first world western countries like the UK and US?
Infrastructural stress and cultural tension are the two big ones.

What are ways that the issue of cultural tension could be addressed?
Making sure immigrants assimilate, or--better--making sure they have similar value-systems before coming here in the first instance. Which could largely be circumvented by freeing up immigration from culturally similar countries like America, Australia, France and Germany.

How would it put stress on infrastructure? And would a surplus of unskilled workers be an issue? Forgive me if my questions are somewhat poorly put as I'm not very educated with regards to economics.

More Than Mortal · February 03, 2015, 03:34:18 PM

Quote from: CIS Scum on February 03, 2015, 03:29:17 PM

How would it put stress on infrastructure? And would a surplus of unskilled workers be an issue?

Immigrants typically make a net contribution in taxes, relative to how much they take out in transfers or services from the government, yet things like schools and hospitals take time to build. The taxation, and accumulation of public funds is immediate, but it takes a significant amount of time to actually translate into public infrastructure.

As for unskilled workers--I don't think so. Although we should place the most emphasis on freeing up educational and high-skilled immigration. All the literature I've read doesn't suggest a significant negative impact (like wage compression) from unskilled immigration which isn't incredibly localised to one part of the native population or temporary.