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For Freedom, They Will Come
Opinion Forum —
Authority: 127
By Brianna Aubin Everyone has at some point been forced to listen to the immigration debate, from the loonies on the right who want to build a wall at the Mexican border and the bleeding hearts on the left who want to grant amnesty to everyone, give them plenty of welfare money, and not make them learn the ...3 days ago -
Brain Drain Report: United States
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Richard Florida is returning to fanning the flames of brain drain hysteria. He tries the exact same tactic that spawned his Creative Class empire. Behold the evidence : From the beginning, Ive been worried about this talent shift. Two things are happening. Countries such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand ...4 days ago -
The First American Brain Drain
Stupidica —
Authority: 173
Baris Guzel is the kind of fellow who used to find his future in America. Not anymore. Guzel is a 25-year-old student from Turkey working on his master’s degree in engineering management at Duke University. He and four friends plan to launch a company offering a free online tool that would allow website operators ...4 days ago -
More Ironic Brain Drain: North Carolina
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
I intended to take this story about a depressed textile mill town in North Carolina and hammer home the postindustrial blues gripping the Sun Belt. There is a stunning example of Rust Belt stereotyping in that article. But youll have to read it for yourself. This post is about the other North Carolina: Cool ...1 week ago -
Ironic Brain Drain
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Someone in Rochester, Minnesota is worried about young talent leaving the area : Yes, the University of Minnesota-Rochester offers great potential for high-school graduates. Health care is a growing field, just not in Rochester. Recently a young family man heard about Dubuque, Iowa, which is being held up by ...1 week ago -
International Geographic Mobility Of Women
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Generally, women are less geographically mobile than men. In the United States, this help to cultivate a captive labor market. Thus, women make less than men for doing the same job. Of course, geographic mobility isnt the only variable that helps to explain the discrepancy. Geographic mobility is power and the ...2 weeks ago -
Herman Chinery-Hesse: Turn the brain-drain into the round-trip brain-train
The Original BRO-Log: Minister Faust Speaks —
Authority: 109
"Herman Chinery-Hesse, or ‘Africa’s Bill Gates’ as he is called by the BBC, is a highly respected Ghanaian technology entrepreneur who co-founded a million-dollar software company, SOFTtribe, and a truly visionary company, BSL. "Chinery-Hesse had a fairly privileged childhood and left Ghana to study ...2 weeks ago -
Homeward Bound Brains
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Since brain drain is typically misunderstood, policies tend to focus on retention . That young talent would leave at all is distressing. Every community and region complains about the problem, but not all places face a crisis : [Steve Norton (executive director of the New Hampshire center of Public Policy ...2 weeks ago -
Mesofacts Dont Speak For Themselves
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Yesterday , I dipped my blogger big toe into the world of mesofacts . If the pace of change is slow enough, then most people miss the transformation. Perceptions become outdated, but still rule our behavior. How can we become more aware of such phenomena? Better yet, how can we make people appreciate an improved ...2 weeks ago -
Google To Regulators: Search Is WAY Too Hard For You To Understand
TechBlogs Today —
Authority: 517
Google’s ranking algorithm guru Amit Singhal has a message for any regulators thinking about meddling with search: Ranking search results is really, really hard. In a post at Google’s policy blog , Amit mentions that he’s been reading about potential regulation of search rankings, and muses about the ...3 weeks ago -
Irish Economic Refugees
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Brain drain is real. It is a problem. Noreen Bowden of GlobalIrish responded to my post about disaggregating migration data, putting the dire situation in stark terms . In a post of her own, Bowden links to stories about the lack of choices facing graduates. It humanizes the numbers, as opposed to offering a ...3 weeks ago -
The Ballet Mecanique Robotic Orchestra: George Antheils 1924 "Ballet Mecanique"
Pittsburgh Arts - Digging Pitt —
Authority: 131
The Post has a great profile of a Eric Singer, a big player in Musical robots. "The 1988 Carnegie Mellon University grad moved his wife, young daughter and in-laws here in August, and he has hooked up with local roboticists and musicians. "If theres a brain drain going on its in the direction of Pittsburgh right ...3 weeks ago -
Oregon Talent Exodus
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Concerning Oregons murky future, economic development experts are engaging in a battle of paradigms. The first salvo was fired by Jack Roberts . He draws a distinction between advocates and detractors of Michael Porters cluster theory . Im not sure that is the heart of the controversy. More fundamental is the ...3 weeks ago -
A Crazy Shopping Experiment
Providence Daily Dose —
Authority: 505
Saturday afternoon, I drove 45 minutes to partake in some perverse Swedish science project. Admittedly, I didn’t realize my involvement in this cruel experiment until I had been sucked through the automatic doors of the 350,000-square-foot laboratory. And by then, it was too late. Looking back on this wasted ...3 weeks ago -
Disaggregating Brain Drain
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Population decline. Net out-migration. Low rates of educational attainment. Brain drain. The numbers dont live up to the publicity. Out of Ireland : The economy has the highest number of graduates in the 25-34 population in the EU-27, with the exception of Cyprus. That proportion (and its average quality) may ...3 weeks ago -
Brain Drain Rhetoric Heats Up In Ohio
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Midterm campaigning is upon us. Along with it is an increase in the discussion of brain drain. Out in front of this favorite political red herring is Ohio : John Kasich says that if you want to see a movie star, go to Hollywood. The former congressman, currently running for governor, said if you want to ...4 weeks ago -
Brain Drain
Bugs, Boys and Burritos —
Authority: 122
Yep… it’s that time again… I’ve gotten so far behind I think I see my rear end ahead of me! So I’ll try to catch up here with some of the highlights of the past week or so. Baseball: Harrison is back into the baseball practice grind. It’s been extra difficult this week with the temps in the upper ...4 weeks ago -
Advocating Brain Drain
Burgh Diaspora —
Authority: 469
Im still looking to carve out some time to finish a juicy blog post about talent migration and Oregon that I tried to write while very sick last Sunday. Perhaps next Monday Ill post it. Meanwhile, my wire is hopping with lots of activity. You can find here a quick summary of the debate about whether or not brain ...4 weeks ago -
Malaria, Africa, And The Old/New World Order
Acting White —
Authority: 458
The NYTimes just reported on a study and discovery that Egyptian King Tut (Tutankhamen) most likely died from malaria (p. falciparum)( here ). I know, I know, you are saying, so what. However, beyond the amazing fact that researchers were able to pinpoint a cause of a death so long ago (1324 BC), the idea that the ...4 weeks ago -
This is my Olympics post, but it’s about arts, not sports.
ouno —
Authority: 415
Cariboo region farmers Janet Allen and Murray Boal want the BC government to restore arts funding to pre-election levels. Both farmers are angry that the BC government claimed that culture was the “second pillar” of its bid for the 2010 Olympics, and now has slashed arts funding by up to 90% over ...4 weeks ago


