Lyman Stone

Lyman Stone is an economist and advisor for the consulting firm Demographic Intelligence. He writes about economics, population, and related issues for The Federalist, the Institute for Family Studies, and Vox. He is married to Ruth, a fellow Kentuckian, and they currently reside in Hong Kong, where they are serving as missionaries for the Lutheran Church-Hong Kong Synod.

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Does God Want Nations To Exist?

Is it morally legitimate or acceptable for a nation-state to deny membership in the group, meaning voting and other political rights, to outsiders? At the end of the day, the moral question of the legitimacy of nations is about the politics of immigration.

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