"There is no right to a job or……" — Alex Tabarrok
"There is no right to a job or a wage rate, but there is a right to move from one country to another in search of a better life. This is the point of view of Thomas Jefferson, John Locke and other great supporters of the natural rights tradition in America."
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Alex Tabarrok
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18 Quotes by Alex Tabarrok
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If China and India were as rich as the United States is today, the market for cancer drugs would be…
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I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong,…
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Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand,…
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Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or…
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It would be really great if I discovered a cure for cancer, but it would only be a little bit…
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Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither…
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As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer.
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