26.2K
Downloads
352
Episodes
Discussion about current events, culture, independent candidates, business, education, travel, death and taxes, global mobility, citizenship and residence by investment options, Americans abroad, FATCA, CRS, U.S. citizenship renunciation, Green Card abandonment, citizenship taxation, PFIC, GILTI, foreign trusts, I-407 and more ...
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 11, 2025
Tuesday Nov 11, 2025
November 11, 2025
Citizenship Apartheid - Paper by Professor Dimitry Kochenov
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4680018
This podcast is based on Professor Kochenov's thought provoking paper.
AI description:
"In this episode we unpack a provocative argument: modern citizenship functions as a form of global apartheid, sorting people by birthright into zones of opportunity and exclusion. The sources argue that passports operate as a blood-based aristocracy, granting vast privileges to a minority while trapping the majority behind steep visa walls.
We trace the system’s colonial roots, explore compensatory citizenship and regional intercitizenships, and ask whether freedom of movement—not voting—is the fundamental right at stake. The episode challenges the rhetoric of universal rights by showing how nationality often determines life chances."
No comments yet. Be the first to say something!