tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698298.post8807022137715227318..comments2023-03-16T12:11:56.318+00:00Comments on David Hugh-Jones: More on migrationdavidhughjoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123256773062047048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698298.post-14387770612249523952013-02-01T22:03:50.252+00:002013-02-01T22:03:50.252+00:00Hi Alex
Yes, there are definitely non-market bene...Hi Alex<br /><br />Yes, there are definitely non-market benefits of many kinds to, for example, diversity - as anyone will know who's heard a class discussion where someone says "Well, in Singapore things work like this". Whether the net benefit is likely positive is more doubtful. There are certainly many people who would like to believe that. But evidence is not always strong. At national and community level, many things look worse as ethnic diversity increases; see the terse summary <a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1012786330095?LI=true" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <br /><br />Scott Page's book The Difference might be interesting on this topic - I haven't read it.davidhughjoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123256773062047048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698298.post-84671014264037468622013-01-29T15:25:23.146+00:002013-01-29T15:25:23.146+00:00Presumably you would accept that, for many other p...Presumably you would accept that, for many other people at least, there is a also a perceived non-market benefit; this should never be neglected! and further, it could be argued and is conceivable that the actual (rather than perceived) non-market benefit might well exceed the non-market loss, even given current perceived preferences (which themselves are not fixed, and could be considered to suffer anti-social bias under the cultural frame of Austerity Britain).Alexnoreply@blogger.com