Economists' consensus estimate is that open borders would roughly double world GDP, enough to virtually eliminate global poverty (Clemens 2011).
This was huge news to me and I now completely agree with your assessment:
What I can't understand is indifference to the mind-boggling potential benefits of immigration. The knowledge that we're sitting on an ocean of talent should haunt great minds day and night. They should pace around their offices telling themselves, "There's got to be a way to unlock these wasted trillions of dollars of human potential. There's just got to be a way."
My question is: Are there other libertarian policies that would result in similarly-massive benefits as open borders if implemented? If so, what are they?
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This was huge news to me and I now completely agree with your assessment:
My question is: Are there other libertarian policies that would result in similarly-massive benefits as open borders if implemented? If so, what are they?
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