Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer
by rory096 on Saturday June 23, 2018 @09:42PM
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>In fact, there would be a growth in the lucrative industry of coyotes who offer transportation and relocation assistance, because their line of work would now be legitimate.
This is true if you define 'coyote' as anyone who transports an immigrant to their destination country. Most people would just call them 'airlines', just as immigrants used to arrive on 'ocean liners'.
>Increased demand for housing will cause costs to spike
This is only true in the presence of severe restrictions on supply. These exist in some, but not all, areas of the United States with high immigrant populations. http://www.nber.org/papers/w13071.pdf
>It's not too different from our world's current direction, except within a particular state, the absolute numbers of the wage class and the underclass would be much larger.
This is true if you define 'coyote' as anyone who transports an immigrant to their destination country. Most people would just call them 'airlines', just as immigrants used to arrive on 'ocean liners'.
>Increased demand for housing will cause costs to spike
This is only true in the presence of severe restrictions on supply. These exist in some, but not all, areas of the United States with high immigrant populations. http://www.nber.org/papers/w13071.pdf
>It's not too different from our world's current direction, except within a particular state, the absolute numbers of the wage class and the underclass would be much larger.
For a thought-provoking modest proposal to realize these potential gains and ensure they are captured by current working-class Americans, see the Posner-Weyl Sponsor an Immigrant plan. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/13/immigrati...