Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future Tapa blanda - 2012
de Ian Goldin; Geoffrey Cameron; Meera Balarajan
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"A sweeping and constructive study. With a deep sense of what sort of creatures we humans are, this book takes us through millennia in the unending quest of people for development and discovery. It suggests that population movements have been the carriers of innovation from one region to others. It will change, if anything can, the way governments and international organizations view immigration policy."--Edmund S. Phelps, Nobel Prize-winning economist
"Migration is not a zero-sum game; it brings great benefits to the receiving country, the sending country, and to migrants themselves. That is the clear message of the evidence from history, economics, and the social sciences more generally. This wise book assembles that evidence in a very thoughtful, careful, and scholarly way, making an enormous contribution to this crucial subject and providing fundamental guidance on one of the key issues of our times."--Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics and Political Science
"In capturing the full sweep of immigration as a key part of human experience and development from the remote past to the distant future, Exceptional People strikes a perfect balance between sympathetic understanding of the basic motivations to migrate and hardheaded pragmatism with respect to government policy. The authors' narrative is insightful, clear-eyed, and deftly written, and will engage the attention of both experts and the interested lay audience."--Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University
"The fear of the outsider is a pervasive feature of Western culture. Yet, as the authors show so powerfully, we all owe our origins to historical migrations. Migrants are indeed exceptional people who enrich our societies and boost our economies by challenging conventional ways of doing things. This book reveals that migration is an essential part of human development and that we lose a great deal through widespread perceptions of migration as a problem. The global migration agenda proposed in this highly readable book shows how potential downsides could be reduced and enormous benefits realized."--Stephen Castles, coauthor of The Age of Migration
"In public discourse, migration may be the subject that minimizes the ratio of clarity to volume. The authors deserve high praise for joining this discussion with the quiet and clear yet firm voice that is the hallmark of economic analysis at its best."--Paul Romer, Stanford University
"This clear and lively book is the most skillful articulation of the case for the liberalization of international migration. The authors consistently present migration's benefits, but do not ignore migration's costs or shy away from controversy. It makes an important argument on an important subject, and deserves to be widely read."--Kathleen Newland, Migration Policy Institute
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- Título Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
- Autor Ian Goldin; Geoffrey Cameron; Meera Balarajan
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición Reprint
- Páginas 392
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Princeton University Press
- Fecha de publicación 2012-09-16
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691156316 / 069115631X
- Peso 1.25 libras (0.57 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 pulgadas (23.11 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Emigration and immigration
- Dewey Decimal Code 304.8
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