The Brain-Drain Panic Returns
Jagdish Bhagwati recommends developing nations avoid emigration restrictions to stem the outflow of their skilled workers.
Speaker: Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
November 29, 2007
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