{"id":651377,"date":"2017-02-10T08:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T08:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/10\/letting-economists-design-the-optimal-immigration-system\/"},"modified":"2017-02-10T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T08:31:44","slug":"letting-economists-design-the-optimal-immigration-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/10\/letting-economists-design-the-optimal-immigration-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting economists design the optimal immigration system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What would borders look like if economists ran them?<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2017\/02\/08\/514152963\/episode-436-if-economists-controlled-the-borders\">NPR\u2019s Planet Money<\/a> re-aired a very relevant episode from 2013 on why US immigration policy \u201cdoesn\u2019t add up\u201d and \u201cjust doesn't make sense.\u201d The show asked three economists on their views on how the policy could be improved and, even then, it still is a mess. There are plenty of different, and often conflicting, answers of what a \u201cperfect policy\u201d would look like. Some suggestions include just letting in more STEM immigrants, auctioning off immigration slots to highest bidders with separate categories for high-skilled and low-skilled labor, and just a free-for-all system that lets everyone in except for criminals, suspected terrorist, and people with serious communicable diseases. None, however, involve introducing any walls or imposing country-specific bans (runtime 19:35).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would borders look like if economists ran them? NPR\u2019s Planet Money re-aired a very relevant episode from 2013 on why US immigration policy \u201cdoesn\u2019t add up\u201d and \u201cjust doesn't make sense.\u201d The show asked three economists on their views on how the policy could be improved and, even then, it still is a mess. 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