Gilpin poses a fundamental question: «Is the purpose of economic activity to
benefit individual consumers, to promote
certain social welfare goals, or to maximize national power?»
As mentioned before, the Minister's Instructions themselves indicate that the residence condition should be imposed to prevent the concentration in
certain areas of third country nationals in receipt of
welfare benefits as this could lead to the emergence of
social tension all the negative consequences this entails for the integration of the third country national, and further to locate them in places where they can make ready use of integration facilities available there.