People need to eat the costs of moving, but more critically they need to figure out where their own best opportunities are for both work and whatever their lifestyle and family needs are, and that's a really difficult project
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I'm increasingly big on the whole states' rights thing, but IMO it serves people much less well when the barriers to mobility are high, and right now they're pretty high for the people who would benefit most
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In the age of billionaire philanthropy I'm a little bit surprised there isn't a massive data analysis project with an accessible user frontend for this. But it's both ambitious and maybe not terribly sexy?
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Strong states rights + extreme mobility are definitely worth trying. States ideally have to compete to keep people, but like you mention the people who need it the most are usually stuck where they are today.
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It seems a bit contradictory to have state’s rights and high mobility. You’d need a strong central government to ensure everyone plays fair. I love the idea of each state as nodes, computing their own experiment of civilization though.
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what would you say is the greatest barrier?
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Yes, I think states should actually be more radical but then pay for people’s relocation out. That way there can be a free market.
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One additional barrier that has been erected within the last generation or two is state-scoped professional licensing for almost all jobs.
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Possibly the most valuable poverty reduction program you can do would be moving assistance. Anything that makes that cheaper and more accessable for people is going to give them a stronger foundation for their lives.
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Based on your tweet, you may have already read it, but if not, you might enjoyhttps://www.amazon.com/Free-Move-Migration-Political-Freedom/dp/0190054581 …
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