There is an age-old question, will you catch more flies with honey or vinegar? We know of course that you will catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, and this expression has lasted for so many centuries because it is a useful metaphor for everything in life. David Ricardo was one of my favorite …
Tag Archives: visa free travel
More on visa policies
As we see here, GDP per capita is a major factor in determining the travel freedom of citizens of a given country. Citizens of countries that have a GDP per capita under $1000 generally have very limited options in terms of countries they can travel to visa-free. Citizens of wealthy countries with a GDP per …
We need a tourism lobby
I was doing some reading this evening and wondering why the Andean Community and MERCOSUR don’t merge. I thought about the intricacies of that relationship, which led me to look at how Brazil is now going to implement a new visa for “security reasons.” That made me think: What is the actual evidence on visas …
World visa policy statistics
I downloaded data from https://visamap.co/, which is open-source, and combined it with my existing borders data set to see which countries have open visa policies versus closed visa policies. When we compare the total number of countries that offer visa-free access, a pattern appears that linear models fail to capture. The overall score is the …
The Future of Borders
We are going in the wrong direction. Biometrics are fine Most countries in the world now have biometric passports. Biometrics are limited to a digital copy of your face, and they have been used for years to move people across borders securely. Many countries, such as the EU, the UK, and Brazil, exclusively use this …
How to stop terrorist attacks
When looking at the 9/11 attackers, a few things seem pretty obvious to me in terms of ways we actually could have prevented the 9/11 attackers. The first thing that needs to happen is they can’t have a safe haven anywhere in the world, and any countries that are safe for terrorists to host their …
Visa free travel for all OECD
Another step backward for democracy, another victory for dictatorship as Brazil is ending visa-free travel for Americans. Brazil visa requirements for US citizens It is common knowledge at this point that Putin has been supporting right-wing politicians such as Donald Trump, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Viktor Orban, and Marine le Pen. Putin wants to see …