Unrestricted immigration for basically anyone who can prove their mettle (whether by educational attainment, rigorous aptitude testing or just by earning money) is ballsy but could work.
It would require US to start building a metric shitton of housing though, and fast. Otherwise you just get what Canada got, or worse.
Gold standard? That's batshit insane. Like Karl Marx tier of bad fucking ideas on how to change the way economics work.
Even as somebody trying to get a US VISA, I think it is a bad idea. Whatever tests you use, there will be many millions trying to learn for the test, thereby massively taxing the immigration system and making it harder for the more genuinely skilled prospects.
BTW, merit VISAs already exist, and if you are rich there are investment VISAs. H1B is a cluster fuck, but it can be trivially fixed by allowing employees to switch employers.
It would require US to start building a metric shitton of housing though, and fast. Otherwise you just get what Canada got, or worse.
Gold standard? That's batshit insane. Like Karl Marx tier of bad fucking ideas on how to change the way economics work.