A (sad) article in the January 8th edition of The Economist on Italy’s ongoing brain drain (or as one less-than brilliant Italian journalist called it awhile ago, “brain train”!) of brilliant Italian students and researchers who have said “basta” with Italy and its national sports (no, NOT soccer): nepotism, corruption and recommendations!
So narrow-minded the Italians, especially those university profs who wield incredible power over these same students, as these young minds do nothing but further strengthen the economies of other countries such as England, Canada and the U.S. where they go study (and in many cases, never return to Italy). With the current political and economic climate in Italy, can one really blame them?
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