Migration and the GDP Illusion
A larger economy does not necessarily mean greater prosperity. Migration keeps labor cheap, weakens the pressure to innovate and m…
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The Baby Bust
Birth rates are falling not only in the developed West, but also in countries that have yet to become wealthy. The consequences are far-reaching. At the opposite end of the spectrum lies a very different reality.
Migration and the GDP Illusion
A larger economy does not necessarily mean greater prosperity. Migration keeps labor cheap, weakens the pressure to innovate and m…
France's Assimilation Reckoning: A Republic Without Frenchmen
France built its republic on the belief that it could turn anyone into a Frenchman. Mass migration and the slow failure of assimil…
Europe's Migration Dilemma: Unified Rules, Unresolved Numbers
Asylum seekers and irregular migrants now face stricter screening procedures and a greater likelihood of forced deportation across…
Moscow and Minsk: Migration as a Tool of Power
Russia is being demographically transformed by migration it can no longer fully control. Belarus is using migrants it does not act…
South Africa’s Migrant Crisis Echoes Europe’s Strife
In Europe, immigration – often from Africa – tops the political agenda across the continent. But in South Africa, a migration cris…