Brain Gain : Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Darrell M., 1954-

Series:

Brookings FOCUS Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington DC : Brookings Institution Press, 2010.

Summary:

Many of America's greatest artists, scientists, investors, 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 poli

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Prefact to the Original Edition; The Costs and Benefits of Immigration; Competing Policy Principles; Overcoming Particularistic Politics; Problematic Media Coverage; Shifting Public Opinion; Porous Borders and Unequal Justice; The Einstein Principle; Notes; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780815722311

0815722311

9781283951937

1283951932

OCLC:

830170201