Meaning of cerbofuĝo | Babel Free

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brain drain (emigration of educated people)

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“Kaj kio estus la socioj sen konstanta alfluo de krudmaterialoj, de malmultekosta laborforto, en formo de enmigrado aŭ de importado el landoj de malaltaj salajroj, sen la "cerbofuĝo" de la Sudo al la Nordo, kompensanta la kreskan disfalon de niaj instrusistemoj ?”

What sort of societies would we have built without a constant supply of raw materials, cheap immigrant labour, imports from low-income economies, and a supply of educated people from the developing world to rescue our collapsing education systems?

“Ainsi, dressant le bilan négatif de la gestion socialiste antérieure, M. Nicolas Sarkozy déclarait dans un meeting, à Saint-Etienne, le 9 novembre 2006 : « Si l’Etat vit au-dessus de ses moyens, la France vit au-dessous de ses ressources. Elle gaspille son capital humain dans le chômage, la fuite des cerveaux et les trente-cinq [labeur] heures. »”

Thus, drawing up a negative assessment of the previous socialist management, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy declared at a meeting, in Saint-Etienne, on 9 November 2006: "If the State lives beyond its means, France lives below its resources. It wastes its human capital in unemployment, brain drain and the 35-hour [labour] week."

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