Right-Wing Cuts to Immigrant Welfare: My Economic and Civilizational Risk Assessment

In the midst of France’s political turmoil, I acknowledge the legitimacy of the right’s call for fiscal discipline, yet I’m deeply troubled. If a right-wing government makes “drastic cuts to welfare for Arab and African immigrants” its core strategy, this intuitive cost saving measure may seem decisive in the short term but risks triggering a … Continue reading Right-Wing Cuts to Immigrant Welfare: My Economic and Civilizational Risk Assessment →

From Freedom to Demography: How Europe Lost Sight of Its Own Promise

The more I think about it, the more I feel we are trapped in a “gaze” dilemma: policymakers look at aggregates, curves, and quarterly reports, yet fail to see the expressions on neighborhood streets, the processes inside factories, or the queues in schools and clinics. The EU’s original promise was the Four Freedoms, free movement … Continue reading From Freedom to Demography: How Europe Lost Sight of Its Own Promise →

The Economics of Immigration in the EU: When Policy Intent Meets Real-World Outcomes

The European Union was built on a visionary premise: a single market where people, goods, and capital flow freely, bolstered by the Euro as a common currency. At its core, the EU aimed to foster an integrated economic system where a Polish engineer could seamlessly work in France or a Spanish designer could collaborate in … Continue reading The Economics of Immigration in the EU: When Policy Intent Meets Real-World Outcomes →

Immigration Policy: An Economic Necessity or a Hidden Self-Tax?

I have always felt that Europe’s debates on immigration are monopolized by “political correctness” and “humanitarian rhetoric.” Officials constantly tell us: immigration is not cheap labor, it exists because we need diversity, because Europe has historical responsibilities; or, because the pressure of aging societies is so severe that without immigration, the system would collapse. On … Continue reading Immigration Policy: An Economic Necessity or a Hidden Self-Tax? →