Freedom of movement as shared prosperity
Range reported by studies modeling larger labor mobility across borders.
Open borders reframes migration as an anti-poverty and growth policy at global scale. The extension data highlights that labor mobility could unlock wealth that is currently trapped behind geography and legal barriers.
Open borders could make the whole world vastly richer.
Across multiple studies, projected gains in gross world product from freer migration range roughly from 67% to 147%.
At the upper end, that implies a world economy approaching twice today's size simply by allowing talent to move.
This is not only an efficiency issue; border restrictions also shape who gets access to safety, wages, and dignity.