The Impact of Immigrant Innovators

Ramakrishnan writes "The Wall Street Journal is carrying a report on immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs. According to the piece, nearly a quarter of all California startups which went into business between 1995 and 2005 had an immigrant as a founding member. These businesses, together, employ almost half a million workers and generated about $50 billion in sales in the year 2005. The study seems quite topical, given recent discussions in the U.S. capital. From the article: 'Supporters of an immigration bill are likely to use the study to argue the importance of foreign-born workers to the U.S. economy. An immigration bill passed by the last Congress and heavily lobbied by business groups would have greatly increased the number of green cards available to skilled workers. Business has long argued that the U.S. schools aren't turning out enough scientists, mathematicians and engineers, and that the economy will lose its competitive edge without more skilled foreign workers.'"

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Re:rings a bell

[kfg]

Nikola Tesla, Charles Steinmetz, and many others. . .

were insufficient to get us on the tech cities list, 'cause none of those guys played banjo while dressed in a bear suit or sumpum

We shoulda taught one of 'em to play banjo.

KFG.

Re:rings a bell

[kfg]

You stickin' up fer the homies.

I probably shouldn'ta brought up the bear suit though. What a dwarf does in the privacy of his own home is his own business I say.

KFG

No Cayenne Utopia ? Time to rethink that.

[ImitationEnergy]

Well, an interesting discussion with the appropriate dishing out of cursing and anger. Actually, Utopia has rules too. hahahaha Not many but the ones it does have are quite important. Transgress them and you die. The expectation of imminent transgression death would whip everyone in line real fast, no cursing required. One of the blocks that says utopia cannot exist is our need for energy. Seems all we know how to do is combust something to have it... but that is no longer true > http://www.newpath4.com/imitationenergy.htm . Smart energy is available and utopia is a whole lot closer than anyone thinks > http://www.newpath4.com/40yearstolife.htm . Not that I expect a sudden rush of new Christians to come out of Slash Dot. But, the mountain we are now climbing is about to be replaced. Read the full page before you turn the page. God bless.