Weekly Filet #111: Open All Borders. And more.
This week's top recommendation
In times when the opposite is back en vogue, it's worth reflecting on this radical idea: Why not open all borders so that everyone can live and work where they wish? After all, why is it that in a globalised world, we accept that the place of birth remains one of the key determinants of someone's chances in life? It's not just a question of ethics, in fact, this article argues that it is an economic imperative to open borders.
→ If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty Be Eliminated? (The Atlantic)
Further recommendations
Post-Boston: Understanding the United States through what it does and doesn't call terrorism.
→ Guns Not Bombs (Jacobin Magazine)
Poignant photography and the coolest hipster you'll see all year.
→ Winners of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards (In Focus)
Paul Krugman's concise explainer why the economy doesn't recover.
→ The Story of Our Time (New York Times)
Illustrations from 1904 on how to judge people by their face and how to trigger reactions by pushing the right buttons (yes, buttons).
→ Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught's Practical Character Reader (Public Domain Review)