Migration as Economic Imperialism | Immanuel Ness

✨ This is an interview with Dr. Immanuel Ness for his book "Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries."
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🎤 Topics
0:00 Intro
0:05 Economic Imperialism
3:04 Remittances as Development Model
14:31 Moral Hazard & Government Accountability
20:19 Non-Western Style Democracy
23:00 US Migration Policy
29:40 Border Control and American Workers
40:38 Capitalism in China
50:22 Countries with Best Migration Policy
52:27 Outro
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👤 Guest
Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Professor Ness researches and publishes scholarly work focuses on political economy of comparative labor movements, workers social organization, Global South political economy, socialism and contemporary imperialism. He is editor of Journal of Labor and Society (Brill). Professor Ness is Senior Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Centre for Sociological Research and Practice, University of Johannesburg.
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📖 Book
For several decades, wealthy states, international development agencies and multinational corporations have encouraged labour migration from the Global South to the Global North. As well as providing essential workers to support the transformation of advanced economies, the remittances that migrants send home have been touted as the most promising means of national development for poor and undeveloped countries.
As Immanuel Ness argues in this sharp corrective to conventional wisdom, temporary labour migration represents the most recent form of economic imperialism and global domination. A closer look at the economic and social evidence demonstrates that remittances deepen economic exploitation, unravel societal stability and significantly expand economic inequality between poor and rich societies. The book exposes the damaging political, economic and social effects of migration on origin countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and how border and security mechanisms control and marginalize low-wage migrant workers, especially women and youth. Ness asserts that remittances do not bring growth to poor countries but extend national dependence on the export of migrant workers, leading to warped and unequal development on the global periphery.
This expert take will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of migration and development across the social sciences.

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many thanks for the valuable interview.