E75: Bryan Caplan on immigration: The gains are enormous for everyone

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Join us as we explore the bitter-sweet world of the immigrant.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times bestselling author. He’s the author of Open Borders, one of the best books on immigration in my opinion, The Myth of the Rational Voter, named "the best political book of the year" by the New York Times, and Build, Baby, Build.

It is human nature to find someone or something else to blame for our problems. And it's been a well-played hand in the Canadian immigration debate in the past ten months or more.

But as Bryan says, 'Shouldn't we be focused on addressing the real problems? If we have a housing problem, focus on deregulating the housing sector and build more housing. If the problem is crime, then improve law enforcement rather than blame the newcomers.'

In this conversation, Bryan and I chat about the economic gains from immigration. We also explored:

* Scapegoating versus tackling the real problems

* Lessons from the Gulf Monarchies approach to immigration

* The Canadian immigration conversation

* Why Open Borders is back in print, and a lot of other good stuff.

Official Links

👋🏽 Follow Bryan on X

📚 Buy the Open Borders book

📚 Buy the Build, Baby, Build book

📰 Read Bryan’s blog Bet On It

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