A great article to discuss when teaching BRAINDRAIN. The country training people to leave By Stephen SackurBBC, Philippines The Philippines has one of the fastest growing economies in Asia – […]
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NEWS via psMag: Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization
Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization BY JIM RUSSELL • March 20, 2014 • 2:00 AM Cherry blossom trees in Buffalo, New York, in bloom. (Photo DragonFire1024/Wikimedia Commons) Higher education and […]
Read MoreNEWS via BloombergBusinessWeek: Megadams Are Dismal Investments
Megadams Are Dismal Investments By Blake Schmidt March 13, 2014 Photograph by Taylor Weidman/Zuma Press Indigenous Munduruku men at the quarry site for Belo Monte It’s hard to overstate the massive proportions […]
Read MoreNEWS via CNN: Plugging China’s talent pool
Plugging China’s talent pool By Zarina Banu for CNN March 20, 2014 — Updated 0603 GMT (1403 HKT) Many are leaving China for reasons like education, food and wealth security and air […]
Read MoreNEWS via ABQjournal: Mexican economy’s growth in overdrive
Mexican economy’s growth in overdrive By Jerry Pacheco / For the Journal PUBLISHED: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 12:05 am The current economic situation in Mexico reminds me of what was […]
Read MoreNEWS via CNN: Crimea-Economic fallout of a ‘yes’ vote
Crimea: Economic fallout of a ‘yes’ vote By Alanna Petroff and Mark Thompson @CNNMoney March 15, 2014: 7:54 AM ET Crimea is voting on Sunday in a referendum to decide if the […]
Read MoreNEWS via Guardian Liberty Voice: China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform
China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform Added by Tina Zhang on March 15, 2014. On March 13, China’s annual parliament meeting closed. Reforms in financialsector, economic structure, environmental protection, and many other […]
Read MoreNEWS via CNN Money: 11 cities where workers are disappearing
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio The labor force has been shrinking in all of Ohio’s major cities other than its state capital, Columbus. Cleveland has lost 52,000 […]
Read MoreNEWS via NewYorkTimes: Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help
Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help By DAMIEN CAVEMARCH 4, 2014 At Atelier, foreigners and Cubans find food and service that had disappeared from Havana for decades. Credit […]
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