"}it\u2019s an open question how long until\u00a0\u2018brain drain out of the united states\u2019 becomes an observable and economically problematic phenomenon, but i\u2019m guessing it\u2019ll happen sooner than anyone is anticipating, if in fact they\u2019re anticipating it at all
for america\u2019s corps of upper middle class professionals, other countries can already offer a comparable standard of living at a significantly lower cost (with socialised medicine alone making a persuasive argument) - it\u2019s just that there\u2019s not yet a corresponding\u00a0\u2018push factor\u2019, and countries other than germany aren\u2019t yet investing seriously in recruiting american intellectual labor
luckily it\u2019s not as if the two most obvious bubbles in the american economy are in healthcare and higher education, or anything like that