brain drain

Brain Drain Is Crippling Eastern Europe

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 25, 2015 Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria, notes that economic austerity is driving away his country's best and brightest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Germany and the U.K. Benefited From Greece and Spain’s Brain Drain

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 17, 2015 As Greece tries to come to an "honorable agreement" with austerity-loving eurozone finance ministers, let's not forget who stood to gain the most from the financial crises in southern Europe. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Austerity Inflicts Brain Drain on Greece

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 11, 2013 More than 100,000 unemployed professionals have left Greece amid a shrinking economy and a lack of jobs to seek better opportunities abroad in a trend that will dramatically impact the country for generations. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Rural Brain Drain’ Turns Small Towns Into Ghost Towns

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2009 For those die-hard bicoastal types who view much of America's heartland as flyover territory, the phenomenon of "rural brain drain," as The Chronicle of Higher Education calls the ongoing migration of younger generations from the country's small towns, probably doesn't seem terribly troubling -- but the Chronicle makes the case for why this mass exodus may constitute a national crisis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

In Iraq, It Keeps Getting Worse and Worse

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2006 The rebuilding of Iraq was hobbled and mismanaged from the get-go, according to an official history of the program leaked to the New York Times | story The Kurds, in exchange for a quasi-autonomous secular state of their own, will allow Shiite theocracy to dominate the rest of the country Hardly the neocon fantasy of a secular, united and American-friendly Iraqlatimescom/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-alliance22jan22,0,6427404story?coll=la-home-world" title="story">storyMeanwhile, a mass exodus of Iraq's professional, educated class is resulting in a brain drain, just when the country needs its thinkers mostwashingtonpostcom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201112html" title="story">storyAlso, an influential cleric who has led uprisings against the US says that his militia would defend Iran if it was attacked | story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )