#436: If Economists Controlled The Borders

Planet Money

• Episode: #436: If Economists Controlled The Borders
• Website: Planet Money
• Feed URL: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510289
• Published: 2014-04-02 23:33

Note: Today's show is a re-run. It originally ran in February, 2013. For the first time in a while, there's political momentum building to change the U.S. immigration system. On today's show, we ask three economists: What would the perfect system look like? If we could scrap the mess of a system that we currently have and replace it with anything, what would it look like? Among the answers: Let in lots more doctors and engineers Auction off immigration slots to the highest bidders Open the gates, and let everyone in