American Future - German Brain Drain
By Marc Schulman on Germany
Deutsche Welle reports that many bright, ambitious Germans are saying auf wiedersehen to their homeland and emigrating to -- guess where? -- the United States:
In 2003, the German government registered 127,000 cases of Germans moving abroad, though many more pick up and leave without informing the authorities of their decision.
"It's always the strongest, the most mobile, and those most open to risk-taking that go," summarized Klaus Bade, professor at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) in Osnabrück. "And the tendency is rising."
Many of them are highly-qualified academics who choose to research and experiment in the United States or Canada.
Could the emigration of the best and the brightest Germans explains Bush's 4% approval rating in Deutscheland? Perhaps those that approve, move.
Then there's this:
"It's absurd," said Bade. "We're exporting top workers to the West, and we're importing tractor drivers and dairy farmers from the East."
What does this politically incorrect statement say about the economic future of Germany and, by implication, the EU? |
