Leo KearseGuest
Andrew GoldHost
We're seeing the end of this drive for, economists will say, no, we should just keep the borders open forever.

that said, if we just had completely open borders and allowed people to go wherever they wanted, we could double the GDP in the world.

And it's like, yeah, but what's the point of doubling the GDP in the world if you're living in a literal slum? You know what I mean? If you doubled the population of San Francisco with just anybody can go there, So you've doubled the GDP.

But your own personal GDP for somebody, for an American who's living there, won't be doubling.

And the price of housing is going to be absolutely extortionate, because there's no way there's going to be anywhere near enough housing for all the people that have moved there.

We're seeing the end of this drive for, economists will say, no, we should just keep the borders open forever.

that said, if we just had completely open borders and allowed people to go wherever they wanted, we could double the GDP in the world.

And it's like, yeah, but what's the point of doubling the GDP in the world if you're living in a literal slum? You know what I mean? If you doubled the population of San Francisco with just anybody can go there, So you've doubled the GDP.

But your own personal GDP for somebody, for an American who's living there, won't be doubling.

And the price of housing is going to be absolutely extortionate, because there's no way there's going to be anywhere near enough housing for all the people that have moved there.
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