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S1 Ep23: The world needs more migrants
Season 1 · Episode 23

S1 Ep23: The world needs more migrants

VoxTalks Economics

November 16, 201819m 25s

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Show Notes

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.