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Above all, I wonder why brain drain is not viewed as a geopolitical tool. High skilled young professionals from China and Russia are essentially non-replaceable
by alwayslikethis 3y ago
Above all, I wonder why brain drain is not viewed as a geopolitical tool. High skilled young professionals from China and Russia are essentially non-replaceable due to their declining birth rates. You can do a lot more damage this way than through various sanctions. A lot of people already want to move to the US, so this can easily be done by getting rid of the cap and switching to a tax on the employer to simplify the process.
- avidiax 3y agoThe trouble is that optimally using that tool would involve completely draining one category of brain in the target country. That would make a missing link in their economy, but the incoming workers would terribly suppress wages in that sector in the receiving country.