Market oriented Solution to Immigration
5 Nov 07

A few days ago, Martin Wolf wrote a brilliant article on immigration and puts forward three reasons why immigration is so hard to tackle:

1. The flow of immigrants has been substantial
2. The government does not seem to know how many immigrants there are
3. The government never made a case for such levels of immigration

But he suggests that:

“we should certainly move to market-compatible systems, such as auctions of work permits, rather than arbitrary point systems.”

Links:
Why immigration is hard to tackle – The FT, Martin Wolf (1 Nov 07)