This is part 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 (you might want to read this post before joining).
Thought-provoking general questions or general observations
Post by Vipul Naik linking to available draft chapters of a book on migration edited by Ben Powell, featuring a chapter by Bryan Caplan and Vipul Naik, a chapter by Zac Gochenour, and a chapter by Alex Nowrasteh .What are some changes other than open borders for which the impact on GDP has been estimated, and how does it compare to the estimates for open borders? by Pablo Stafforini, June 26, 2014. 1 like, 3 comments.Bleg for estimates on impact to US GDP if the US were to open its borders unilaterally by Drew Stonebraker, June 29, 2014. 1 like, 2 comments.Technocratic versus civil rights/human rights/natural rights approach to open borders by Vipul Naik, June 23, 2014. 3 likes, 9 comments.What are some places where people’s personal and political attitudes to migration are most different? by Vipul Naik, June 23, 2014. 2 comments.Post by Vipul Naik, June 27, 2014, linking to a comment on an Open Borders post. 7 comments. Post by John Lee, June 26, 2014, linking to The Global Welfare and Poverty Effects of Rich Nation Immigration Barriers by Scott Bradford. 4 comments.Post by Michelangelo Landgrave, June 27, 2014, asking people if they’ve read Borjas’s recent book Immigration Economics , and what they think of it.Post by Justin Merrill, June 26, 2014, linking to The optimal immigration policy – just open the borders by Lars Christensen, June 26, 2014.Post by Pablo Fabrizio linking to his own article Nationalism gets corner kick , The Barrie Examiner , June 25, 2014. 2 likes, 1 comment.
Discussions of specific historical and current situations
How did Taishan-American migration become so big? by Carl Shulman , June 24, 2014. 2 likes, 3 comments.Post by Edouard Hesse, June 28, 2014, linking to Anti-immigrant sentiment is down in the United States — way down by Aaron Blake, Washington Post , June 27, 2014.Post by Vipul Naik, June 28, 2014, linking to the article Immigration reformers’ favorite spin on the child migrant crisis is dead wrong by Dara Lind, Vox.com, June 27, 2014. 4 likes.Post by Vipul Naik, June 26, 2014, linking to Gov’t Confirms Authenticity of Contract Request for ‘Escort Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children’ at the Border , Sara Carter, The Blaze , June 20, 2014. 4 comments.Post by Rob James, June 26, 2014, linking to Brat’s Immigration Stance Doesn’t Square with His Free-Market Flair by Alex Nowrasteh (originally in The Hill ), June 11, 2014. 1 like, 2 comments.Post by Chris Keam, June 26, 2014, linking to Why not use refugees to solve our Temporary Foreign Worker problem? by Howard Adelman, Naomi Albiom and Mike Molloy, The Globe and Mail , June 26, 2014.
Outreach and meta
Should Open Borders expand its presence to Pinterest and Tumblr? by Vipul Naik, June 25, 2014. 4 likes, 24 comments.Excel file by Vipul Naik giving like, comment, and share data for all Open Borders posts and pages.Post by Vipul Naik, June 26, 2014, asking about possible projects to apply data science or machine learning ideas to the study of open borders or open borders advocacy. 2 likes, 5 comments.Have people noticed the reduced posting frequency on the Open Borders site? by Vipul Naik, June 25, 2014. 4 likes.Post by Vipul Naik, June 25, 2014, noting that the Open Borders page on Friedman’s views on immigration and the welfare state got linked from the Mark Levin show . 3 likes, 5 comments.
This is part 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 (you might want to read this post before joining).
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The term “illegal immigrant” literally did not exist before 1930 by John Lee, June 18, 2014, linking to Google Ngram . 15 likes, 4 comments. It also inspired the blog post illegal immigrants don’t exist … until after 1930 by Fabio Rojas, orgtheory.net, June 23, 2014.Post by John Lee, June 19, 2014, linking to an ungated PDF on the book Let Workers Move: Using Bilateral Trade Agreements to Increase Trade in Services . 5 likes, 1 comment.Post by John Lee, June 20, 2014, linking to the paper International Migration, Trade and Aid: A Survey (Paper 90, April 2014) by Christopher R. Parsons and L. Alan Winters, published by the International Migration Institute. 1 like.
Discussions of specific historical and current situations
Post by Boris Yakubchik, June 18, 2014 linking to Movers and Shakers: How immigrants are reviving neighborhoods given up for dead by Joel Kotkin, Reason Magazine , December 1, 2000.Post by Joseph Bonneau, June 18, 2014, about how migration helps shape World Cup football. 2 likes.Post by John Lee, June 19, 2014, linking to a transcript of a book forum from some years back about Jason Riley’s book Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders . 3 likes, 1 comment.
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What are some current (or potential) examples of groupthink and intolerance within the open borders movement, or among open borders supporters in relation to their views on open borders? by Vipul Naik, June 16, 2014. 3 likes, 12 comments.Post by John Lee, June 21, 2014, linking to the Facebook group Open Borders for Israel . 9 comments.Is it worthwhile to promote Facebook posts on the Facebook page for Open Borders: The Case by Vipul Naik, June 22, 2014. 2 likes, 9 comments.Compared to other areas, how do people with strong views on migration (pro- and anti-) compare in terms of how angry and indignant they get when expressing those views? by Vipul Naik, June 22, 2014. 2 likes, 7 comments.
This is part 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 (you might want to read this post before joining).
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Would it be useful to the open borders movement to roll back anti-discrimination laws? by Nathan Smith, June 16, 2014. 17 comments.In addition to general anti-immigrant sentiments, what does restrictionism rely on? by Fabio Rojas, June 16, 2014. 2 likes, 12 comments.What are some examples of groupthink and intolerance in the open borders movement? by Vipul Naik, June 16, 2014. 2 likes, 2 comments.What do people such as David Brat mean when they accuse mainstream politicians, such as Brat’s primary opponent Eric Cantor, of supporting open borders? by Vipul Naik, June 14, 2014. 4 comments. Links to Cantor loses, and Washington goes ape by John Cassidy, The New Yorker , June 11, 2014.Why do a decent number of self-identified libertarians oppose open borders? by John Lee, June 13, 2014. 3 likes, 10 comments. Links to Well, then. by Jacob T. Levy, Bleeding Heart Libertarians , June 11, 2014.Post by John Lee, June 13, 2014, linking to “Unlocking the potential of migration for inclusive development” – Speech by EU Commissioner Malmström , May 15, 2014. 3 likes.Bleg for estimates of the effect of emigration on mortality and life expectancy by Eric Lloyd Ross, June 10, 2014. 2 likes, 8 comments.
Discussions of specific historical and current situations
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This is part 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 (you might want to read this post before joining).
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Assuming the premises of reparations theory, does the case for open borders also imply that reparations are due to prospective immigrants who were denied? by Michael Tontchev, June 4, 2014. 1 like, 8 comments.The impact of skill-biased OECD migration policies by Carl Shulman , June 4, 2014. 1 like, 9 comments.How does liberalizing immigration affect a country’s international standing? by Vipul Naik, June 6, 2014. 1 like, 1 comment.Effect of emigration on mortality and life expectancy by Eric Lloyd Ross, June 10, 2014. 2 likes, 8 comments.
Discussions of specific historical and current situations
George Borjas’ updated estimates of effects of migration on native wages in the United States by John Lee, June 11, 2014. 1 like, 7 comments.Bleg on data related to Chinese migration to Africa by Carl Shulman, June 10, 2014. 3 likes, 0 comments (so far, but do add your own if you have something to contribute).Link by Rob James, June 6, 2014, to Leaked Images Reveal Children Warehoused in Crowded U.S. Cells, Border Patrol Overwhelmed by Brandon Darby, Breitbart News, June 5, 2014. 2 likes.Link by Vipul Naik, June 6, 2014, to Day 20: The Politics of Crime and Immigration , the New York Times , June 6, 2014. 1 like, 1 comment.
Outreach and meta
This is part 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 (you might want to read this post before joining).
Thought-provoking general questions or general observations
Post by Vipul Naik, May 28, 2014, discussing a comment by Christopher Chang on the rationality of nation-states’ immigration policy. This formed the basis for the blog post How rational can we expect nation-states to be in setting immigration policy? by Vipul Naik, Open Borders: The Case , June 3, 2014. 29 comments.Post by Vipul Naik, May 27, 2014, linking to How migration liberalization might eliminate most absolute poverty by Carl Shulman , Reflective Disequilibrium, May 27, 2014. 3 likes.Post by Vipul Naik, May 27, 2014, linking to Worldwide, Migrants’ Wellbeing Depends on Migration Path by Neli Esipova, Anita Pugliese, and Julie Rayon, Gallup, September 13, 2013. 2 likes, 1 comment.Post by Vipul Naik, May 27, 2014, linking to TAS Graduate Seminar (third in a series): thought-experiments and open borders by Irfan Khawaja, Institute for Objectivist Studies, August 12, 2013. 5 likes, 1 comment.Post by Paul Crider, May 28, 2014, linking to Book Symposium on Joseph Carens’s The Ethics of Immigration by Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber , May 26, 2014. 1 like, 3 comments.Post by Vipul Naik, May 28, 2014, linking to The Price of Rights (book) by Martin Ruhs.Post by Vipul Naik, May 29, 2014, quoting a passage by Thomas Pogge from Citizenship and Exclusion (online ). 5 comments.Post by Vipul Naik, May 30, 2014, linking to Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being (PDF, 36 pages) by Steven Stillman, John Gibson, David McKenzie, and Halahingano Rohorua, September 2012.Post by Vipul Naik, June 1, 2014, linking to Potential U.S. policy focus areas by Holden Karnofsky, GiveWell blog, May 29, 2014. 1 like.Post by Peter Hurford, June 1, 2014, linking to his own blog post Sunday Links #8: Immigration , July 7, 2013. 1 like.
Discussions of specific historical and current situations
Post by John Lee, May 28, 2014, linking to U.S. Could Raise $1-2 Billion a Year from Illegals by Copying Oklahoma by David North, Center for Immigration Studies, May 28, 2014. 1 like.Post by Chris Keam, May 29, 2014, linking to Vancouver Council Supports ‘Sanctuary’ for Undocumented Migrants. Policy would let municipal agencies refuse to give info about ‘illegals’ to immigration authorities. by David P. Ball, May 29, 2014, The Tyee (Canada). 1 like.Post by Vipul Naik, May 29, 2014, linking to Immigration in Malaysia: Assessment of its Economic Effects, and a Review of the Policy and System (PDF, 273 pages) . 1 like, 2 comments.Post by Carl Shulman, May 30, 2014, linking to American Lawbreaking by Tim Wu, Slate Magazine , October 18, 2007. 4 likes, 5 comments.
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