Comments on: Is the tide turning on migration? http://www.owen.org/blog/608 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Kelly http://www.owen.org/blog/608/comment-page-1#comment-2333 Martin Kelly Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:51:47 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/608#comment-2333 <p>Owen,</p> <p>No more migration. We have never been asked if we want it, and the vast majority of us have our own problems without being called upon to subsidise Third World redevelopment through displacement and falling wages.</p> <p>No. No more. </p> Owen,

No more migration. We have never been asked if we want it, and the vast majority of us have our own problems without being called upon to subsidise Third World redevelopment through displacement and falling wages.

No. No more.

]]> By: [think mojo] » Labour mobility http://www.owen.org/blog/608/comment-page-1#comment-2332 [think mojo] » Labour mobility Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:29:30 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/608#comment-2332 [...] Owen Barder has asked the question ‘Is the tide turning on migration?‘, mentioning the new book Let Their People Come  by Lant Pritchett, a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development. …if the politics are moving towards greater acceptance of free movement of labour in the union movement, then it may be politically feasible to make faster progress towards more liberal migration policies. [...] [...] Owen Barder has asked the question ‘Is the tide turning on migration?‘, mentioning the new book Let Their People Come  by Lant Pritchett, a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development. …if the politics are moving towards greater acceptance of free movement of labour in the union movement, then it may be politically feasible to make faster progress towards more liberal migration policies. [...]

]]> By: Lars Smith http://www.owen.org/blog/608/comment-page-1#comment-2331 Lars Smith Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/608#comment-2331 Yes, but see this comment,<br />http://conservationfinance.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/ethnic-diversity-and-the-welfare-state/ Yes, but see this comment,
http://conservationfinance.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/ethnic-diversity-and-the-welfare-state/

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