Derbyshire on Immigration

In Libertarianism in One Country, Derbyshire explains why it makes sense for liberals, who favor the welfare state and aggressive multiculturalism, to favor expanded third world immigration; but argues that libertarians are nuts to want a more open immigration policy, since it’s self-defeating. (Thanks to Justin Raimondo for the link).

Derbyshire could have benefitted from including the thoughts on immigration of various explicit libertarians, such as Hoppe, Rothbard (e.g., Nations by Consent: Decomposing the Nation-State), Block, and others, and the JLS symposium on immigration–but still an interesting read.

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1:29 pm on December 11, 2006