Jonathan Wolff, Political Philosopher. Fellow British Academy Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford Wolfson College President The Royal Institute of Philosophy THFC supporter in 'what's football again?' mode. #academic
!["[Nations] seem to believe that [immigrants] represent a net burden—
as if their competition for jobs were certain to throw native citizens out of
work, or as if they would otherwise have to be fed at public expense.
There is a good deal of stubborn truth, under present circumstances, in this view, since the nations in question cannot keep their existing populations fully employed.
Nevertheless there is no really good reason why it should be so. The worker who fears immigration
because of the immigrant's competition for jobs ought to be reassured by the reflection that for every new pair of hands to work there is at least one new mouth to feed and body to clothe, which should provide a market demand for the equivalent of what the hands can produce."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/bafkreifiqzmkhuu6r7lczirm6i5szu5hqeqhwgmugvjtpfub3jquv6vgea)
Jonathan Wolff, Political Philosopher. Fellow British Academy Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford Wolfson College President The Royal Institute of Philosophy THFC supporter in 'what's football again?' mode. #academic