Today, for the first time ever, I met a Russian graduate student (OK, spouse of) who told me that she and her husband intend to go back to Russia after her husband gets his PhD. That would have been inconceivable back in my day, when the whole game was to get a job over here and shuttle back there sporadically to see the folx. But now, things have changed. There's IKEAs over there, and mortgages too. And God knows what else, it's been too long for me.
It's good for Russia, for sure, to have the brain drain slow. It's probably good for us too, for our universities to foster deeper and multilayered ties over there. But it signals a tightening of the scientific labor markets, for now.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Return to the old country
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The Russian mob/government (who knows the difference between them?) has been peddling diluted male enhancement cream. If only the rule of law were more established in Russia... think of the increase in capital investment and penis size!
When you eat with a Russian Spy be careful, they might slip some enhancement into your food or drink.
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