Immigration: Individual vs National Borders

By David Hathaway

Scott Horton: "This book is a must read for anyone who has scratched their head when hearing 'libertarians' and Austrian economists espousing national borders to keep people from pursuing voluntary interaction with each other across these artificially-imposed dividing lines. Do libertarians really want government-this most violent, destructive, lawless and abusive government-to bar peaceful people from traveling or from trading with others? In his great 'Immigration: Individual vs. National Borders,' David Hathaway ably refutes the intellectual arguments put forth by some Austro-libertarians to keep the state involved in immigration. Case closed. Freedom wins."Will Grigg: "The means we employ are the ends in the making, and the issue of immigration and border policy is not an exception to that principle. In this conscientious, respectful, and carefully reasoned essay, David Hathaway offers a critical examination of what has been called the 'realistic libertarian' perspective on immigration-namely, that state-enforced restrictions on immigration are compatible with the non-aggression principle and property rights. If the end we seek is an individualistic society liberated from state-licensed violence, state-centered means cannot get us there-and Hathaway's professional and philosophic background makes him uniquely qualified to explain why this is so."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692580026
• ISBN13: 9780692580028
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Immigration: Individual vs National Borders
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"