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> something is going on

Many things could be going on. You should propose a concrete explanation instead of some vague "something is going on" placeholder which could uncharitably be described as dog-whistling.

For example, consider that leaving one's country is difficult and, so, the distribution is skewed towards individuals with higher skill and talent.

I'm not saying that is the only effect at play here. My point is there are many effects and a lazy "something is going on" statement does nothing to understand that complexity.



You pretty clearly don't want to hear my concrete explanation. I'm not sure yours fully accounts for what's happening there. It's pretty extreme especially when there's a large pool of unemployed talent in the US.


> You pretty clearly don't want to hear my concrete explanation.

Not sure where you got that from. I am clearly calling for a concrete explanation.

> I'm not sure yours fully accounts for what's happening there.

Yes, my explanation is also bad because this is a multidimensional problem and I was only pointing out one possible effect.




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