Megan McArdle
We underestimate how many policies are only feasible because various frictions prevent abuse. When the frictions are lubricated, the policies collapse.
Dilan Esper
i think people don't realize the extent to which easier and cheaper travel, the Internet, and fake asylum applications have wrecked the international asylum system carefully built after the Holocaust. Poland is a particularly sobering indicator of this. https://euronews.com/2025/03/27/poland-suspends-right-of-migrants-to-apply-for-asylum