--- Sampo Syreeni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact we might expand the rationale to something I once asked: in the > event totally free economy ever came about, and transportation continued > to get cheaper, would the total populus of the Earth eventually live in > a narrow band centered on the equator?
No. Migration is sticky. There are emotional attachments to locations that will prevent total migration, which is why Innuit continue to live in Alaska. Moreover, there are other locational advantages to the colder places, and so there would be a wage premium to work there, just as there is in Alaska for workers who migrated there from other states. Fred Foldvary
