Bait the hook! Fishing in the global talent pool
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Skilled immigrants bring more than just their expertise to job markets. But governments miss opportunities to attract them—or make them feel entirely unwelcome. In America it seems like the standard tip fraction just keeps going up and up (11:36). Where will it end? And as part of our “schools briefs” primer on AI, we answer your questions, starting with facial recognition (18:28).
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| 1:03.7 | The Economist. |
| 1:13.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:15.4 | I'm your host, Jason Balmer. |
| 1:20.4 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:30.3 | Workers in America's service industries are far more reliant on tips than those in other countries, and diners, barflies, and cab-hailers are ponying up an ever-higher fraction of the bill. |
| 1:36.3 | We ask why this tipflation is so relentless and if it'll ever end. |
| 1:41.3 | And the economist's annual summer tradition of school's briefs is back, handy beginner's |
| 1:48.5 | guides to some of the most mind-stretching topics. |
| 1:51.5 | This year, naturally, the subject is AI, and today we start answering your questions about |
| 1:56.8 | it. |
| 2:02.3 | First up, though. |
| 2:07.5 | In June, Donald Trump said that anyone who studies in American universities should get a visa |
| 2:17.1 | as a matter of course. |
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