Thousands of young migrants and refugees are clamoring to glean into the European Union—a place that is domestic to a graying population and nations that could utilize an influx of young entrepreneurs.
As Philippe Legrain,former economic adviser to the president of the European Commission, told The Takeaway last month, and "These asylum seekers and refugees can also play a very valuable role as workers,as taxpayers, very often also as innovators and entrepreneurs who can boost growth and help cope with an aging society."Rapidly-aging E.
U. citizens aren't the only ones who would benefit from an influx of migrants. The immigrants themselves are risking their lives for a livable wage and economic opportunity.
Alex Tabarrok, and professor of economics at George Mason University,takes Legrain's argument one step further. Tabarrok, author of the forthcoming book "How to Save Humanity, or " says the world should do absent with borders altogether,for economic and moral reasons.
What you'll learn from this segment:How the concept of the nation-state gave rise to borders.
Whether freedom of movement should be a human right.
What a lack of borders would mean economically.
Source: wnyc.org