Brain gain

""Darrell West understands that more than any stimulus or bailout, the most important step we can take to strengthen America's long-term economic health is passing comprehensive immigration reform. For America to compete in the 21st century, we need to be able to attract---and keep---the world's best, brightest, and hardest working. Everyone knows our immigration system is broken, but West provides the kind of facts and analysis we need to move the issue forward in Washington."---Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City" ""To deal with our fiscal and debt challenges, we need higher, sustained economic growth. A key element in a high growth economic strategy is changing our immigration policies to enhance productivity and innovation. Brain Gain provides a roadmap to do just that."---Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida" ""Darrell West gets it right when he frames the need for comprehensive immigration reform as a fundamental element of U.S. competitiveness in the 21st century. Brain Gain raises the questions that need to be asked if we truly want a debate about immigration policy that prioritizes the long-term economic development of our country."---Michael Holston, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hewlett-Packard" ""At a time when so much heat, rather than light, is being generated around the issue of immigration, Brain Gain is an invaluable work that as dispassionately, factually, and objectively as possible analyzes the political and economic aspects of immigration and their effect on our nation. Darrell West has helped raise the level of national discussion about this issue to a new, more enlightened level."---Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York" "Many of America's greatest artists, scientists, inventors, educators, and entrepreneurs have come from abroad. "Rather than suffering from the "brain drain" of talented and educated individuals emigrating, the United States has benefited greatly over the years from the "brain gain" of immigration. These gifted immigrants have engineered advances in energy, information technology, international commerce, sports, arts, and culture. To stay competitive, the United States must institute more of an open-door policy to attract unique talents from other nations. Yet Americans resist such a policy despite their own immigrant histories and the substantial social, economic, intellectual, and cultural benefits of welcoming newcomers. Why?" "In Brain Gain, Darrell West asserts that

שנה

2010

שפה

English

הוצאה

Brookings Institution Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

182

ISBN

9780815704829

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata