← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Dan Dare
Thread ID: 9319 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-08-27
2003-08-27 01:20 | User Profile
Recently the World Economics Journal published the text of a debate on the vexed topic of immigration to Britain. Nigel Harris, Professor Emeritus of Economics at University College, London took the ââ¬Ëproââ¬â¢ position, while David Coleman, Reader in Demography at Oxford took the ââ¬Ëantiââ¬â¢. Although the theme iwa immigration to the UK, I think much of the argument is applicable to all Western societies with an immigration issue, including the US.
At the risk of over-simplifying what is an interesting debate between two academic heavyweights, the outcome seems to have been a tie on the economic benefits, while Coleman wipes the floor with Harris for his lack of concern about the cultural and political fallout.
[url=http://www.world-economics-journal.com/PDF/WEJA0139.PDF]http://www.world-economics-journal.com/PDF...DF/WEJA0139.PDF[/url]
David Coleman by the way is one of the leading lights behind the MigrationwatchUK organization that is becoming a real thorn in the side of the UK government on its immigration policies.
[url=http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/]http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/[/url]