The Institute of Economic Affairs—the prominent British pro-free market think tank—posted a podcast on UK immigration policy. IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh interviews British immigration policy expert Sunder Katwala and myself about the British debate over immigration, which has notable similarities and differences with that in the United States. I cannot figure out how to embed the podcast in this post. But you can listen to it here.
We covered a wide range of issues, including how the British political right is more divided on immigration than the US right, the determinants of public support and opposition to immigration in the two countries, whether a culturally more confident nation is likely to be less afraid of migration, the relationship between migration policy and zoning restrictions on the construction of new housing (the latter are a serious problem in both countries), and much else.
