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S1 Ep23: The world needs more migrants

EPISODE · Nov 16, 2018 · 19 MIN

S1 Ep23: The world needs more migrants

from VoxTalks Economics · host VoxTalks

In the developed world borders are being closed and popular resistance to immigration is rising. Yet Lant Pritchett of Harvard University tells Tim Phillips that the rate of migration from poor to rich countries is actually five times too low. Planned mass migration of unskilled labour, he argues, would make everyone better off.Read more about Lant's views on labour mobility on VoxEU.

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