“A Radical Case for Open Borders”

Assignment #4: Immigration – The Big Picture

For this assignment you are to read Chapter 8 “A Radical Case for Open Borders” by Bryan Caplan and Vipuk Niak in the Powell book.  The authors there make a wide ranging case for moving to eliminate national boundaries as limits on personal freedom.  Our examination of immigration in class has focused on economic dimensions, but in this assignment you can consider all of the different issues raised by immigration.  You can think of this essay as a response to the question, “Is immigration good for America or the World?”  If so, then should there be substantially more immigration than we currently have, perhaps even to the level of letting everyone move to the country they wish to live in.  If not, then should there be any immigration at all?

The reading for the assignment is Chapter 8 in the Powell book.  If you bought the book, you already have this reading.  If you didn’t buy the book, I’ve posed a pdf of chapter 8 on OneDrive, and here is the link:

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