Brain Drain Within the EU?

Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by ItsMe000001 on Saturday September 22, 2018 @12:18PM (#18046570)

So, the same problem that the poor(er) states in the US have. And yet, they seem to be content to stay within the union - so I think there may be a little more to it than a single variable? I'm open to the argument, it just seems a little... well, short. Especially in a reply to a comment that said "The problems are more complex" :-) (now it's simple after all? I doubt it)

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by michaelt on Saturday September 22, 2018 @12:26PM (#18046608)

America has accepted massive, permanent subsidies from high productivity states to low ones. It’s one country, after all.

Do the rich countries of the EU have the same appetite?

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by mschuster91 on Saturday September 22, 2018 @03:21PM (#18047549)

> Do the rich countries of the EU have the same appetite?

As a matter of fact, Germany and the other EU countries do massively finance the poorer EU countries (per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_statistics#EU_b...).

Problem is corruption: EU funds too often get shunted sideways (e.g. for Hungary, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/12/how-hungarian-...).

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by laurencerowe on Saturday September 22, 2018 @08:50PM (#18048801)

Those figures do not show massive inter-regional financing. All but 2 countries have net EU expenditures of +/- 250 Euro per person. Per capita spending by the EU is 215 Euro per person compared to federal government spending of $9,961 per person in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_taxation_and_spending_...

The EU budget is 1% of GDP while the US federal budget is 20% GDP, 60% of which goes on social security / medicare / safety net programs. US federal spending acts as a huge inter-regional stabilizer.

Regional transfers must significantly increase within the Eurozone if the Euro is to avoid breaking up or immiserating huge numbers of citizens.

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by whack on Saturday September 22, 2018 @12:45PM (#18046707)

rleigh is making the same argument as people like Paul Krugman. It's a controversial topic for sure, but I think it's unfair to call it "short"

https://www.npr.org/2011/01/25/133112932/paul-krugman-the-ec...

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by ItsMe000001 on Saturday September 22, 2018 @04:37PM (#18047864)

> I think it's unfair to call it "short"

I replied to a comment here, not to Krugman. This should be obvious?

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