Dave Smith makes the Rothbardian/Hoppean case for government restriction on immigration, arguing that it's a second-best solution given the undeniable fact of government control of "public" property. Bob plays devil's advocate to raise possible objections to Dave's framework.

Rothbard, "Nations by Consent": https://Mises.org/HAP436a
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, "On Free Immigration and Forced Integration": https://Mises.org/HAP436b
Bryan Caplan, "A Radical Case for Open Borders": https://Mises.org/HAP436c

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Chapters
00:00 Free Book!
00:28 Introduction
01:40 Immigration Debate
04:52 The Libertarian View of Open Borders
09:04 Why Discuss what Scenario is "Second Best"?
24:24 Public Property and Statist Constructs
31:35 What Being a Libertarian Means
48:30 Unhelpful Libertarian Arguments
55:45 Human Action Conference Raffle
56:28 Are Imperfect Solutions Worth Discussing?
1:05:50 What Principles the Government Should be Following
1:14:02 Hoppean Immigration Theory
1:22:43 Immigration and Welfare
1:33:14 "Bring the Troops Home to Protect the Border"
1:42:27 Conclusion