GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Comparative Advantage, Core Countries
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Just like you may have a variety of reasons for making an intra- or interprovincial move after graduation, there are many different reasons that might impel an individual to make an international migration. Many of those reasons are push factors (see p. 92 in the textbook) that have been with us as harsh realities for most of human history: warfare, religious persecution, and environmental degradation, to name but a few. On the positive side are pull factors that entice people to migrate to another country: economic opportunity, the promise of farm land, or certain religious or political freedoms. Let us look at some of the historical migration flows in their historical sequence. While it may sound callous to treat the slave trade under the topic of migration, slaves indeed represent one of the largest movements of humans across the globe.
