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That sounds like two unrelated issues though... The second article has nothing to do with the harvard decision
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Warrior ethos!
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One major difference: immigrants were mainly Spanish speaking, so immigration has not lead to the same kind of political tensions as in other western economies
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A second advantage, business leaders say, has been immigration. In the past 12 years Spain’s population has grown from around 46m to 49m (see chart); in the past six the foreign-born workforce has risen by 1.2m.
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Two big factors have been working in Spain‘s favour: The first is cheap electricity, with prices almost as low as those in America. Twenty years ago Spain imported 50% of its electricity. Today it has achieved a high degree of self-sufficiency by harnessing solar, wind and hydroelectric power.
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The debate around global migration is fueled by stories of treacherous hikes, death and misery at sea and invasion at the border. But the majority of immigrants will likely arrive at a port of entry, luggage in tow, with a valid visa or work permit. Most migration is orderly
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Sudden migration is an adaptation
to intolerable conditions
Rapid shifts in migration are nearly always driven by an enormous shock, such as war, political upheaval, natural disaster or economic collapse.
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Instead of arguing over immigration with shocking anecdotes and exceptional incidents, our debates should start with a resource like this one — quality information, gathered with a consistent procedure across the world — a source that allows us to take a step back and see the big picture
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This picture of migration is one in which all nations, rich and poor, participate in a great network of human movement, linked by cultural, economic, historical and family ties, and put into constant motion by fears and dreams, one life at a time.
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The choice isn’t simply between open and closed borders, asylum and amnesty or disappearances and deportations.
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Yet, if these companies are going to continue to collect this data, then at the very least the public should also benefit from it. Meta has taken a laudable step with this initial public release, and we should expect researchers to build on it.
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No doubt there is something uncomfortable about the fact that a handful of tech companies — Meta, Google and TikTok — may have more data about human migration than the United Nations or any individual government.
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As these maps demonstrate, if we look closely enough, so many of our assumptions about the grand shape of global migration are incomplete.
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While most migration within the global south is regional, the countries that buck that trend with strong links across oceans usually have lingering colonial ties of language and culture, as well as easier access to visas.
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Migration patterns are
rooted in colonial history
Over the past century, the overall direction of that human flow has reversed with people from former colonies moving to Western countries in search of better opportunities.
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This is why migration often occurs in steps on an economic ladder: People from less affluent countries tend to go to slightly more affluent countries, and residents of those countries will then go to wealthy countries.
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Migration does not flow strictly from poor to rich countries. To leave for another country, particularly a distant one, requires a considerable amount of money, social capital and time — resources that the world’s very poor don’t have.
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"Every gain in freedom elicits a reaction from the 'men of best quality'. They don't give power up easily. They continually find new ways to try to control and dominate"
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SD cards are just cheaper man
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Take great comfort: your wealth is being destroyed very efficiently!
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Well, that's the thing - they kind of did. At least 50% of them. Trump was never coy with his plans. As H.L. Mencken once wrote: Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard
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Source?