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200 10$aBrain Gain$b[electronic resource] $eRethinking U.S. Immigration Policy
210   $aWashington DC $cBrookings Institution Press$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (208 p.)
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300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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327   $aFront 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
330   $aMany 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
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