There’s a lot I disagree with in Ross Eisenbrey’s NYT piece on high-skilled immigration, but I’ll start with this:
The bill’s authors, led by Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, argue that America would benefit from letting more immigrants trained in science, technology, engineering and math work in the country, with the sponsorship of high-tech companies like Microsoft and I.B.M. … Read more
American retailers will this week lobby US officials in Beijing to speed up the processing of visas for Chinese tourists and business travellers, as they seek to tap affluent visitors from emerging markets at a time of weak domestic consumption growth, reports the FT. US retailers argue that the current system places the US at a global disadvantage. In addition, businesses are pushing for faster visa evaluations so it will be easier to bring local managers to the US for training. Read more
Here’s a chart that caught our eye from the CBO’s latest report on US immigration trends, updated with data through the end of 2009:
1About China's capacity to absorb more capital
2Japan's mini crash: Blame China, not just Ben
3Spain's awful unemployment
4S&P 2,100, by Goldman Sachs
5The Nikkei: a market abducted by retail
Show more6Everlasting credit, the long view
7Measure it however you like: inflation has been low and falling
8Buyback to enrich
9Apple Operations International, facts (?) du jour
10Bernanke's testimony to the Joint Economic Committee
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