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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by j-krieger on Saturday July 20, 2024 @06:27PM (#41020601)
> it seems to me there is significant brain drain from many countries to the U.S. and that contributes to our success

This enables wage suppression

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by konschubert on Saturday July 20, 2024 @07:27PM (#41021021)
High skilled immigrants also create demand, which creates labour demand.

So it’s not clear that they suppress wages.

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by j-krieger on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:01AM (#41024136)
How exactly is it that highly skilled tech immigrants create demand?
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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by konschubert on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:41AM (#41024676)
They get a salary. And they spend it.

Thought experiment: If you removed half of the population of a country, would that make the rest of the country richer or poorer?

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