[WilliamofCarmichael]

When one of the most respected contemporary economists has stepped out of the shadows and said things are not as simple as they were earlier made out to be, it is a development that cannot be ignored.

Not to worry. If that community is anything like many "free traders" they will handle this with name calling and insults about Professor Samuelson's age.

[Luis Gonzalez]

When Samuelson was pro-free trade, before joining his "fellow liberals"...you respected him?

Don't be lying now...

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The damage-control effort of this brigade is led by none other than Jagdish Bhagwati, the former Samuelson disciple, singled out in the paper for reprobation. The Columbia don has reportedly prepared a response to Samuelson, which will be published in the same journal.

Here is a man who wants a World Immigration Organization that protects migrant labor and the various developing countries' "diasporas."

The host country benefiting from the labor would be responsible for the workers' "human rights" while the workers (nonresident citizens of the source countries) would pay their taxes to the source country.

Kinda like the Mexican model where the corrupt government of Mexico demands (and is about to get?) "human rights" for its citizens and its citizens sends billions in remittances to Mexico. Some remittances (group remittances via home town associations, HTA) go to corrupt government entities to finance public programs. Taxes, IMO.