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It matters because it a lot of these people didn't grow up or studied primarily in India or in Indian Universities. They only ended up doing a Msc or Phd in th
by 1971genocide 11y ago
It matters because it a lot of these people didn't grow up or studied primarily in India or in Indian Universities.
They only ended up doing a Msc or Phd in the US as a way to enter the US labour market. Not always but often enough.
Most of that education was paid for by Indian taxpayers. So I think its unfair to Indian taxpayers.
I cringe whenever I hear people talk about "entrepreneurship" and "free-enterprise" as the reason for silicon valley's success.
You cannot start a electronics company when your country's philosophy is a darwinist one of man eating man.
Silicon Valley is lucky that they get a free supply of highly specialized labour from the rest of the world that they didn't pay for.
- mc32 11y agoLots of large international cities have sizeable numbers of expats who got educated back home, Singapore, London, Hong Kong, etc. None of the home countries would cry "brain drain" in seriousness. If they did they'd be wrong to say that. Make it attractive to stay home and on balance people will. Stifle opportunity and people will leave. And conversely, Europe and north america don't cry, third world, you're off loading your undereducted and you have us foot their education, etc. People go where they see opportunity. Countries allow immigration of poor if it makes economic sense to them. And of course they welcome highly skilled, for the most part though quotas exist to appease the professionals in host country. The working classes enjoy no such protection, again, because economy.