The problem with how academic and science work is currently structured is that there is an oversupply of labor at basement-dwelling compensation. Post-docs work for decades before getting better opportunities, and people are cheap labor in industry labs for long periods of time.
Foreign workers are partially compensated for low pay with a potential visa to stay, while this extra motivation is not there for Americans.
Having a native pipeline of education to knowledge work is important for long term competitiveness and is hard rebuild. If the US falls upon even harder times the foreign pipeline will dry up.
Foreign workers are partially compensated for low pay with a potential visa to stay, while this extra motivation is not there for Americans.
Having a native pipeline of education to knowledge work is important for long term competitiveness and is hard rebuild. If the US falls upon even harder times the foreign pipeline will dry up.