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SDPtalk with Garett Jones

Migrants make the economies they move to a lot like the ones they left. How should this influence immigration policy?

The Culture Transplant – is diversity really our strength?

In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by Garett Jones, professor of economics at George Mason University and author of three books known as the Singapore Trilogy.

In his latest book The Culture Transplant, Garett demonstrates that immigrants retain the socio-economic norms of their mother country across multiple generations. He claims that full assimilation within a generation or two is therefore impossible. Instead, the cultural attitudes of the immigrants shape the institutions and influence the economic productivity of their new country.

Garett and William discuss the implications of this for migration policy, particularly in the most innovative Western nations. They agree that moderate levels of migration bring many benefits, but mass migration from poor to rich countries could ultimately “wound the goose that lays the golden eggs of global innovation and worldwide prosperity.”

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  • the quality of economic inward migration to the UK perhaps correlates with the rise in fast food delivery motor scooters on every corner? so observationally some of our shire town centres are reminiscent of traffic scenes in south Asian cities, so yeah our economy is starting to look like the workers that are driving/riding it 😉

  • The Social Democratic Party is.the future of British Politics a potential Government when people British People get tired of the tired uniparty LabCon

  • Very pertinent subject and book at this time. Much needed as we see the effects of immigration changing our institutions and many other aspects of British life rather more quickly than is comfortable for most people. We need to understand these things to get some foresight and control that will enable smoother integration and perhaps undo some of the damage done by Lab/Con refusing to pay attention to the calls of British people to address the need for lower immigration and better assimilation, merely suppressing concerns and turning blame on to British people rather viciously.

    I’m glad to be a member of a party that is looking into this to find ways to deal with the problems that have accumulated, not that it will be easy.

Published:
20th March 2024

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