The Migration Problem and Nationalism

Tags: Global Economy, Protectionism and Free Trade, World History

11/05/2026 Ludwig von Mises

Mises begins from why migration happens at all, then follows German emigration to the United States—from under 7,000 in the 1820s to over 800,000 in the 1860s—and shows how declining competitiveness in German agriculture and industry turned migration into a national question rather than an economic one.

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