I'm Andres Acevedo and this is The Market Exit. During the migration crisis of 2015, the small country of Sweden admitted a very large number of refugees. Wh...

Edit: Please watch the video before commenting or reporting this… it seems like a lot of people assume it is some right-wing BS based on the title alone, which I can assure you it very much isn’t.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20625279

From the description:

"I’m Andres Acevedo and this is The Market Exit. During the migration crisis of 2015, the small country of Sweden admitted a very large number of refugees. What effects did this surge of migrants to Swedish have on the Swedish economy? To find out, I met professor Peo Hansen, author of the book “A Modern Migration Theory” and from our conversation, I realized that many of the economic models we use for assessing our economy and society are deeply flawed.

In the conversation, we talk about the field of research called the fiscal impact of migration. We talk about the difference between real resources and financial resources. We talk about the so-called brain drain within the European Union. We talk about why politicians are so afraid of speaking the truth about migration."

  • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    30 days ago

    I watched the beginning. So far the argument boils down to migrants causing economic growth because of increased government spending. That doesn’t seem to be the full picture.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netOPM
      1·
      30 days ago

      Well, if you only watch the beginning how can you assume it is the “full picture”.

      But besides it being not the full argument, the video is largely about how the counter arguments and economic models used to inform governments are even less the “full picture”.

      • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        30 days ago

        This video looks to me like it’s ideologically driven and doesn’t really want to understand immigration and the economy.

        Reducing the effects of migration to the economy is also far too simple. Crime, social cohesion, demography, infrastructure, education, pensions, debt, housing are all affected by migration.

        • poVoq@slrpnk.netOPM
          1·
          30 days ago

          Says the person who doesn’t watch the full video because it apparently doesn’t fit into their ideological world view…