More Migration Madness!

June 23, 2024 00:13:43
More Migration Madness!
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More Migration Madness!

Jun 23 2024 | 00:13:43

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Show Notes

High migration is putting pressure on home prices and rents, and lifting the demand for more infrastructure, and diluting the GDP per capital (share of wealth generated in the country across an ever-increasing population, 84% of which growth came from migration. So this is a big political hot potato. Many are calling for a cut in migration to fall to a level consistent with the current capacity to build new homes, though of course the corporate and university sectors want ever more people in the country to keep wages low, and boost the number of households to sell things to, […]

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