USA Today, February 2004:
Reverse brain drain threatens U.S. economy
Inc., December 2005:
America's Reverse Brain Drain
America's losing its skilled immigrants to other countries, argues David Heenan in his new book, Flight Capital: The Alarming Exodus of America's Best and Brightest.
Businessweek, August 2007:
For the first time in its history, the U.S. faces the prospect of a reverse brain drain.
TechCrunch, October 2009:
We surveyed 1,224 foreign students from dozens of nations who are currently studying at U.S. universities or who graduated in 2008. The majority told us that they didn’t think that the U.S. was the best place for their professional careers and they planned to return home. Only 6 percent of Indian, 10 percent of Chinese, and 15 percent of European students planned to settle in the U.S.
Asia Times, October 2009:
An explosive report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in September said earnings of graduates were now at par and even lower than those of migrant laborers. The news came as a blow to many high-aspiring parents and youngsters in a country that has for centuries prided itself on cultivating elite Confucian intelligentsia.
Good luck moving back home to establish that new startup, Zhi. Knock yourself out.
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The article about China has many profound implications. We always hear rumblings about how China is going to technologically leave us in the dust because they are graduating so many scientists and engineers per year. But the fact that college educated people make so little money shows you how little demand China has for knowledge-based employment. It also reveals how dependent China is on exports.
I can only talk about astronomy and physics, but don't be surprised if the US gets a decent influx of British astronomers in the next few years!
Tom
Tom, you guys gravitate towards places with clear air and no light pollution. You just happened to wind up in paradise. :-) (Just kidding, I know you busted your tail for many years.)
What about those observatories in Chile? I don't know your business, but I hear the work down there is spectacular.
Knock yourself out.
Not worried either
Love that new avatar Lou.
Lou - yes, Chile is pretty much where the Europeans are hanging out and it is an excellent observing site - I don't think it's quite as good as Mauna Kea for infrared work which is my speciality, but Hawaii, Chile and Antarctica are the places to go for this kind of work.
But out of those three options, where would you prefer to *live*? ;)
UK astronomy is in a real crisis right now, in fact just about all pure science in the UK is in a mess. The government want us to work on projects that have economic impact but forget that basic research (i.e., "blue sky research") is generally the thing that 1) makes discoveries that industry can then exploit and 2) attracts the best minds into science and engineering education.
The UK is looking for a quick fix and instead is screwing up its future even more. In this respect I think the US is much more forward-looking and I really do think there will be an influx of the best scientists from the UK to the USA in the next few years. That's great for you guys and dire for the UK.
*Yawn* wake me when the Chinese are allowed to think, speak and act freely.
Too bad they can't walk here...all we get are the uneducated unskilled illegals from the south while well educated english speaking people to the west can't make the journey...Obama should build a bridge with the WPA funds to give the asians equal rights...and they will understand his policies without having to debate them..a win/win for the DNC.
Is there any indication that the issues is the same in India?
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