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397  Posted by Soulskill  Comment: summary is economically
confused (Score 5, Insightful) 292  by philgross (#30705606)
Attached to: China Luring Scientists Back Home The summary makes
it sounds like the US is doing a favor and donating generously
to the rest of the world by funding foreign PhDs. A more
accurate description would be that we taking the extreme cream
of the crop, educated at great expense in other countries, and
then luring them to the United States, where they further
strengthen our already best-in-the-world universities, and the
great majority stay permanently. The article describes a slight
moderation in this trend, with a few more scholars choosing to
return (although also describing the obstacles they face when
they do).  The overall benefits of this system continue to be
overwhelmingly in the favor of the United States. Even those who
do return to their home countries go back with a much deeper
understanding of the US, not to