Climate change and economic inequality are pushing people of the Global South to move north. Countries in the North are depopulating, losing their workforce and their tax base. It shouldn't be that hard to put two and two together and create migration policies that benefit all of humanity. So why won't we? ? "Move: The Forces Uprooting Us." Parag Khanna. 2021. Scribner. Buy it here. Show notes00:00 Intro02:41 We are a migratory species04:57 Domestic migrants are migrants too07:55 Lockdown was actually a massive migration09:35 Reverse migration is also migration11:08 Britain's immigration policy has killed people17:21 A tragic lack of imagination19:22 Three doom scenarios, one hopeful scenario22:35 Not moving is not really an option for billions26:13 There will never be a global migration policy28:59 Could allegiance to the city replace the nation state?31:17 London vs. Britain34:04 Doing away with the outdated passport37:38 We'll do everything wrong before we do it right41:31 Failed nativist policies

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