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Should We Have Open Borders? A Soho Forum Debate

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SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2023
Ralph Raico could expound at length on any historical topic I threw at him, and knew more economics and philosophy than most professors of either subject.
– Bryan Caplan, “Raico on Liberty and Its Adversaries” [2023]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
July 28, 2023
What Happens If the Cow Moves Away?
In a welfare state, there are two sectors: the parasitic sector and the producing sector. The parasitic sector attaches onto the producing sector and begins sucking the lifeblood out of the producing sector, much like leeches that attach themselves to a cow and begin sucking blood out of the cow. The leeches have to be careful, however. Their survival and well-being depend on …
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