Economist Bryan Caplan on Open Borders

Mike talks with Bryan Caplan, a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a blogger for EconLog. Professor Caplan is the author of multiple books, including two he and I have previously discussed on the show - The Myth of the Rational Voter, and The Case Against Education. On this episode, they discussing Bryan’s latest book, Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration.

Topics Mike & Bryan discuss include:

• ‘a world of global apartheid’
• immigration and economic inequality
• the moral presumption in favor of immigration
• why Nobel Laureate Milton Freedom was wrong about immigration
• how open borders could easily double world GDP
• the cultural effects of open borders
• immigration, crime, and terrorism
• the partisan political calculus of immigration policy
• open borders and global brain drain
• a Burkean approach to immigration
• and lots more!

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