The Sixth Migration

In 1925, urban planner & historian Lewis Mumford described four “great tides” of migration that reflected the economic transformation of the US. Eight decades later, Robert Fishman (professor of architecture & urban planning at the University of Michigan) noted the large-scale return of people to global cities, labeling it the Fifth Migration. Today’s great tide, the Sixth Migration, is ebbing from global cities & towards a better quality of life.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Geopolitics of Talent: United States vs. Brazil

Latest blog post at Pacific Standard magazine.

Theme: International trade of talent.

Subject Article: "Rep. Tim Ryan pressures Brazil to extradite accused killer by defunding U.S. visas for its citizens."

Other Links: 1. "Did Congress kill the Twinkie? The tariff tale behind the Hostess demise."
2. "Studying the world: A huge scholarship programme could boost economic growth."
3. "Geopolitics Of Talent: Brazil."
4. "Economist sees right conditions for professional migration."
5. "Give Them Our Huddled Masses: Why America should swap its retirees, patients, and students for skilled immigrant labor."

Postscript: For the entire continent of Africa, remittances from expatriates are greater than the sum of foreign aid.
Jim Russell at 6:51 PM

No comments:

Post a Comment

‹
›
Home
View web version

Meet The Blogger

My photo
Jim Russell
Zeitenwende and migration

E-mail: globalburgh [at] gmail [dot] com
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.