Today's @bopinion post is a review of the excellent new book "The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society", by @william_r_kerr!https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-24/america-s-need-for-skilled-immigrants-isn-t-going-away?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business …
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This is an excellent, short, highly readable, very important book. Every business executive and politician should have a copy.https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Global-Talent-Migration-Business/dp/1503605027 …
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Why are skilled immigrants so good, and so important? Because they're the backbone of high-value industries where the U.S. has a dominant position.pic.twitter.com/KQEnRFExqA
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If we don't bring skilled immigrants to the United States, high-value industries will migrate to other countries, and America will lose industrial dominance and be a poorer country.pic.twitter.com/Z0Ne30Mha9
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Contrary to popular belief, skilled immigrants - including H-1b workers - RAISE wages for native-born skilled workers. Why? Because downward wage pressure from competition is more than canceled out by the upward wage pressure from CLUSTERING.pic.twitter.com/mDq4sxcgP7
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What about brain drain? Are we hurting other countries by taking their smart people? There's good reason to think we're not. Especially huge countries like China and India.pic.twitter.com/Ri5UYa6cfk
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In fact, there's another reason skilled immigration is so important and good: Skilled immigrants pay a lot of TAX MONEY, to support the native-born population.pic.twitter.com/6y2giM7ZRs
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Replying to @Noahpinion
do you have a graphic of the education levels of immigration from like 1986 Act — that includes illegal immigration, does such data exist?
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Amazingly, I do have exactly that! Here you go:pic.twitter.com/WKm7aD0L2e
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Replying to @Noahpinion @MBComerford
Do we need to double both bars in the 20010-2015 period because it's only half as long -- in order to compare with earlier periods?
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Much easier to just toss it out as garbage, as it is.
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