Supporters of America’s H1B visa system argue that firms such as Microsoft and Google (both opposed to the existing system) should simply send these jobs overseas by expanding their current operations in places like China and India. The problem with this argument is that it does not follow economic logic. There are several economic factors… [Read more…]
April 6, 2008
Recently, the H1B visa issue has received significant media coverage. In the Wall Street Journal, Miriam Jordan wrote about this issue on March 31 and Shikha Dalmia wrote an editorial in Saturday’s edition. As Milton Friedman free-marketeer, I share Bill Gates’ viewpoint (detailed in his testimony last year to the US Congress) that the current… [Read more…]
June 29, 2007
[Author's note: A new article on this blog regarding Google employee retention is also available.) A recent Wall Street Journal article – “Start-Ups Make InroadsWith Google’s Work Force” has many people in the technology and business community clamoring with regard to Google’s innovation and employee retention challenges. Google has long been a source of personal… [Read more…]
June 26, 2007
Last week, I traveled to Canada (including Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon) with a representative from the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan to continue work on a current project we are undertaking. The representative is the director of an agricultural research facility in Astana, and the goal of the trip to parts north was to discover… [Read more…]
June 3, 2007
Given my direct experience working in the emerging markets of the former Soviet Union, I am often asked about the quality of companies listed on public exchanges in countries like Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan. My first response is that I am not a licensed broker and therefore cannot directly offer investment advice. That said, an… [Read more…]
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