Series: The Cost of Fair Refugee Policies

Series

The Cost of Fair Refugee Policies

A commentary series on the economics and cultural dimensions of refugee protection by political economy professor Behzad Yaghmaian. He makes the case for a more equitable global distribution of responsibility for refugees, and examines the policy changes necessary to address Western electorates’ economic, cultural and political anxiety about migration.

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Protecting Refugees in Nations Struggling With Poverty and Instability

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Rich countries have a terrible record of policy intervention in the global South, exacerbating the vulnerability of the majority of the world’s refugees, says political economy professor Behzad Yaghmaian. He argues for a radical new approach to refugee protection.almost 3 years ago

Laws & Policy
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To Protect Refugees, We Must Confront Anxiety Over Muslims in Europe

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

European policy-makers must address cultural and political anxieties about Islam and refugees head on, rather than ceding the public debate to the far right and their self-defeating policies, argues political economy professor Behzad Yaghmaian.about 3 years ago

Economy
Op-Eds

We Need Universal Basic Income to End Economic Anxiety Over Refugees

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Refugees, migrants and the struggling middle classes in Europe have all been harmed by neoliberal globalization, writes Behzad Yaghmaian. He makes the case for an alternative “solidarity-based globalism,” including universal basic income and an end to austerity.about 3 years ago

Economy
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Why Migration Will Not Destroy the Welfare State

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

As part of the series ‘The Cost of Fair Refugee Policies,’ Behzad Yaghmaian argues that economists’ warnings that migration will undermine European welfare states are based on the same mistaken assumptions common to the anti-immigrant movements roiling the continent. about 3 years ago

Series

The Cost of Fair Refugee Policies

Protecting Refugees in Nations Struggling With Poverty and Instability

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

To Protect Refugees, We Must Confront Anxiety Over Muslims in Europe

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

We Need Universal Basic Income to End Economic Anxiety Over Refugees

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Why Migration Will Not Destroy the Welfare State

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

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Protecting Refugees in Nations Struggling With Poverty and Instability

﻿Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

To Protect Refugees, We Must Confront Anxiety Over Muslims in Europe

﻿Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

We Need Universal Basic Income to End Economic Anxiety Over Refugees

﻿Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Why Migration Will Not Destroy the Welfare State

﻿Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

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Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Behzad Yaghmaian Professor of Political Economy, Ramapo College of New Jersey