A LIBERTARIAN CASE FOR FREE IMMIGRATION

Walter Block

Chapter 18 in Labor Economics from a Free Market Perspective:Employing the Unemployable, 2008, pp 175-194 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:LibertarianismEmigrationMigrationImmigrationObjectionsAllowing unrestricted immigration is equivalent to allowing the invasion of a foreign armyUnrestricted immigration will create or exacerbate unemploymentUnrestricted immigration will reduce the real wages of the workers already in residenceUnrestricted immigration will increase crimeUnrestricted immigration will promote welfarismLegally unrestricted immigration is indeed the libertarian position, the only possible libertarian position, but it should not be implemented until the every other plank in this program is first put into effectUnrestricted immigration will assault the institutions which make a free society possible in the first placeConclusion

Keywords: Labor; Unions; Economics; Wages; Race; Sex; Discrimination; Unemployment; Immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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