From Malthus to Becker, the economic approach to population growth and itsinteractions with the surrounding economic environment has undergone a major transformation.Population Economics elucidates th
Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman once noted that free immigration cannot coexist with a welfare state. A welfare state with open borders might turn into a haven for poor immigrants, which woul
In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on the deteriorating syste