News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open borders. Parent comment

Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by ceejayoz on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:01PM (#20646908)
They spend what they get - few people surviving on $12k/year are saving much. So do the people who sell them stuff, as do their providers, and so on and so forth. At every step, some taxes make their way into the state's coffers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplier_(economics)

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by pixl97 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @06:15PM (#20649414)
Eh, this doesn't really work well with too much immigration running in to land and water use issues, along with uncontrolled need for infrastructure expansion.
[ Parent | on HN ]