Re: immigration: net gain or net drain?

2003-09-18 Thread alypius skinner
Of course, if the losses from immigration restrictions are greater than you might think, the gains of weaker restrictions are also greater than you would think. When you double the number of immigrants, you will be admitting a lot of people with a lot of surplus, not just marginal

Re: Economics and E.T.s

2003-09-18 Thread alypius skinner
Well, we have reaches a level of life exactly equal to our own, and we haven't colonized anything beyond our planet. The tehnology is probably there, but the costs are high and the benefits are unclear. The same maybe true 200 years from now. (Gee, I hope this is on topic!) Anyway, a