Open Borders: A Conversation about Immigration with Bryan Caplan

About this episode

Jonathan Fortier and Bryan Caplan discuss the economic benefits of open borders and address common objections to immigration.

Jonathan Fortier and Bryan Caplan discuss the reissue of Open Borders a graphic non-fiction novel published by Libertarianism.org. Caplan argues for the tremendous power of open migration to unleash economic potential and generate much greater overall human flourishing. The episode explores some of the common objections to immigration, considering both the American and European context, and concludes with some speculation about how best to modify current regulation to facilitate the movement of people looking for opportunity in the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Fortier

Guest: Bryan Caplan

Topics covered

• immigration
• economic potential
• human flourishing
• regulation
• American context
• European context

Keywords

• immigration
• open borders
• economic potential
• human flourishing
• regulation
• Bryan Caplan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Libertarianism.org

Books & works: Open Borders

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