"To those standard solutions, trade and aid, Pritchett would add a third: a big upset-the-applecart idea, equally offensive to the left and the right. He wants a giant guest-worker program that would put millions of the world’s poorest people to work in its richest economies. Never mind the goats; if you really want to help Gure Sarki, he says, let him cut your lawn. Pritchett’s nearly religious passion is reflected in the title of his migration manifesto: “Let Their People Come.” It was published last year to little acclaim — none at all, in fact — but that is Pritchett’s point. In a world in which rock stars fight for debt relief and students shun sweatshop apparel, he is vexed to find no placards raised for the cause of labor migration. If goods and money can travel, why can’t workers follow? What’s so special about borders?" Reminds me of the WSJ motto and the editorial position taken by the Journal on occasion "Free markets, free people". It's interesting to see Nepal used as an example. In some ways, labor has already become globalized - although not to the same extent as capital and commodities. I agree with the comment in the article that it will be a long time before people move as freely as goods and money but I feel the train has already left the station on this issue. One small evidence of that is in most western countries the policy debate today has shifted from stopping immigration altogether to choosing the type of immigrants you want. That said, for labor to flow as freely as commodities and money will take a long time for reasons touched on in the article: economic imbalances, demographic concerns etc. But, pe prepared, it is already happening : slowly but surely :)