Matthew Feeney on Why British Free Marketeers Should Welcome Romanian and Bulgarian Immigrants

Yesterday, the remaining transitional
controls on the free movement of Romanians
and Bulgarians within the European Union were
lifted. Romanians and Bulgarians are now
free to work anywhere within the economic bloc thanks to
one of its only good policies. Some politicians who are
self-described fans of the free market came out against the free
movement of people. Matthew Feeney explains that the political
rhetoric in the U.K. surrounding Bulgarian and Romanian migration
has highlighted the fact that politicians from political parties
whose members claim to be either pro-markets, anti-E.U., or both
would implement anti-capitalist policies hostile to the free
movement of people if they were given free rein. 

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