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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Should We Have Immigration in a Welfare State?
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss recent controversies surrounding immigrants and allegations that they are abusing the welfare state, and they explain what an objective approach to thinking about immigration and welfare involves.
Among the topics covered:
How to evaluate the purported data about immigrants and use of welfare services;
How to avoid falling into pragmatism and collectivism in the debate on immigration and the welfare state;
The abundance of misinformation about immigration and where it comes from;
The perverse views of both the right and the left on this issue;
The...