Ep. 415 Alex Nowrasteh Explains the Data and Theory Behind His SoHo Forum Immigration Performance

Alex Nowrasteh is Vice President for Economic and Social Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. After Bob (on the Human Action podcast) summarized the recent SoHo forum immigration debate between Alex and Dave Smith, Alex had written a substack article responding to Bob’s critique. Alex joins Bob to discuss the controversy, covering the empirical studies, the Hoppean argument concerning government-controlled property, and the current situation in LA.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this conversation.
• This episode’s sponsor, PersistSEO.com.
• The SoHo Forum immigration debate.
• Alex Nowrasteh’s substack column pushing back against Bob’s critique. The list of CATO studies (co-)authored by Alex Nowrasteh.
• Bob and Adam Haman comment on the SoHo debate. Bob goes solo on the Human Action podcast to parse Dave Smith’s arguments and to question Alex’s empirical claims.
• Bob’s episode talking about blockades and immigration in a free society (with reference to his novel, Minerva).
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

About the author, Robert

Christian and economist, Chief Economist at infineo, and Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute.