This page lists resources for the Intelligence Squared jobs debate of October 30, 2013, at the Kaufmann Center in New York City. The motion of the debate was “Let Anyone Take a Job Anywhere.” Speaking for the motion were Bryan Caplan and Vivek Wadhwa. Speaking against the motion were Ron Unz and Kathleen Newland. The event was recorded over video and live streamed.

Pre-debate discussion

• Intelligence Squared Debate: Let Anyone Take a Job Anywhere by Bryan Caplan, August 21, 2013, on EconLog.
• See Me Today at Intelligence Squared by Bryan Caplan, October 30, 2013, on EconLog.
• Mark Krikorian’s tweet noting that a staffer of the “pro-migration” Migration Policy Institute was on the anti side of the debate, with interesting reactions from Alex Nowrasteh (here) and Adam Gurri (here).

Debate contents

• Let Anyone Take A Job Anywhere: debate page on the Intelligence Squared website includes the video, transcript, and information about the debate results.
• Fora TV page for the debate (includes the video and interactive transcript)
• Transcript of the debate (PDF)
• Bryan Caplan’s prepared opening statement, published November 1, 2013, on EconLog.
• Bryan Caplan’s prepared closing statement, published November 4, 2013, on EconLog.

Post-debate analysis

• Debate results, a blog post by Bryan Caplan, October 31, 2013, on EconLog, with an analysis of the debate results.
• Debate Analysis: Unz, Wadhwa, and Me by Bryan Caplan, November 1, 2013, on EconLog, with a discussion of statements made by Ron Unz and Vivek Wadhwa in the aftermath of the debate.
• Myths and muddled thinking: the case for closed borders made at the Intelligence Squared debate by John Lee, November 1, 2013, on Open Borders: The Case.
• The Naik Strategy by Bryan Caplan, November 2, 2013, on EconLog.
• Metaphorical Voting on “Let Anyone Take a Job Anywhere”: The Case of Vivek Wadhwa by Bryan Caplan, November 3, 2013, on EconLog.
• Vivek Wadhwa Responds by Bryan Caplan, November 4, 2013, on EconLog.
• No Monopsony Presumed by This Minimum-Wage Advocate by Donald Boudreaux, Cafe Hayek, November 5, 2013.
• Open borders debate: Let the recriminations begin! by Steve Sailer, November 5, 2013, on his own blog.
• The New Colossus, Vivek Wadhwa Version by David Henderson, November 5, 2013, on EconLog.
• An Invitation to Bryan Caplan and Vivek Wadhwa: Care to Debate? by Art Carden, November 5, 2013, on EconLog.
• Vivek Wadhwa, and the moral contradictions of mainstream liberal views on immigration by John Lee, November 7, 2013, on Open Borders: The Case.
• Bryan Caplan not only isn’t making an honest argument for open borders, he’s not making an open borders argument at all by Sonic Charmer aka crimsonic, November 9, 2013, on his own blog.
• “Let Anyone Take A Job Anywhere” by Sonic Charmer aka crimsonic, November 10, 2013, on his own blog.
• Open Borders, American Elites, and the Minimum Wage by Ron Unz, November 11, 2013, on his own blog.
• The Open Borders Impasse and the Art of Persuasion by Fergus Hodgson, December 26, 2013, on the PanAm Post blog.