Border wars Worth, September 2007. Does immigration reform dig a gigantic money pit, or does it open the floodgates of fiscal opportunity? Counterpoint to article by Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. 06 September 2007 in
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Better than nothing ForeignPolicy.com, May 2007. From phantom security enhancements to a complicated points system that only a bureaucrat could love, the immigration compromise before the US Senate is worse than nearly every realistic alternative except one: more of the same. 23 May 2007 in
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Migrant tax would slash illegal entry into Europe Financial Times, 25 April 2007. It is time that Europe’s politicians admitted to voters that governments cannot stop people moving across borders. If open borders are politically unacceptable, Europe should create a legal route for people from developing nations to come and work, regulated through an extra payroll tax on foreign workers. 24 April 2007 in
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Globalisation is working Prospect, August 2006. Contrary to Robert Wade's arguments, countries that open up their economies tend to prosper. We need to help more of them reap globalisation's benefits 26 July 2006 in
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Inefficient markets Prospect, June 2006. David Cameron has joined in the Tesco-bashing, but the OFT should leave it alone. And the IMF is proving better at spin than at giving poorer countries votes 23 May 2006 in
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Inefficient markets Prospect, May 2006. The outlook for the Doha round may not be as bad as it looks; why a dreary North sea gas pipeline is at the centre of things; and Gordon Brown's productivity problem 20 April 2006 in
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French myth-making Many French people rejected the constitution because they regard Brussels as the handmaiden of "ultra-liberal" Anglo-Saxon capitalism, intent on deregulating markets and opening up the French economy to competition. Just... 01 June 2005 in
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Disaster relief It goes without saying that George W. Bush is not loved in Europe. Even before the Iraq war raised animosity toward him to fever pitch, the perceived stupidity, ignorance, and... 10 November 2004 in
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Trade at your own risk Markets do not exist in a vacuum; they operate in a social, political, and legal context. That insight - obvious to thinkers such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx, but... 01 March 2004 in
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The not so global economy Free trade is good for poor countries despite what protesters and protectionists claim. But there is less of it than most people think. Most trade is regional, not global, and next month's WTO meeting in Doha is unlikely to change that. 01 November 2001 in
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Against globaphobia An unholy alliance of greens, development lobbyists and old-fashioned protectionists is blasting the World Trade Organisation, often for contradictory reasons. But free trade is good for the rich, and better still for the poor - even when it is complicated by "cultural" issues such as food safety. 01 May 2000 in
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The human face of globalisation Free trade means that a great product from a small country can succeed in global competition. That is how New Zealand’s Mike Moore came to be the new head of the World Trade Organisation. 26 August 1999 in
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