James Surowiecki Quotes

Already we're seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the past they would have stayed in the U.S. and built new companies here. We have to have immigration reform that allows talented foreigners to become Americans.

The most important import the United States has ever had has been human talent.

Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.

The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.

No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change.

A lot of young people just starting out unskilled, as all Americans do when they're born here, come to this country, and so the business community is for immigration. Big businesses, small businesses, high-tech, low-tech, the communities of faith, and the Republican leadership.

There cannot be the slightest doubt that migration barriers diminish the productivity of human labor.

My concern is that all these people never want to come back to France…. These people are the gold mine of our economy and for our society for the future.

Migrants make huge contributions to both their host countries and countries of origin. They take jobs that local workforces cannot fill, boosting economic activity. Many are innovators and entrepreneurs.

If we have no foreign workers, our economy suffers; our own lives suffer.

Bilateral trade deficits are not evil; historically, better growth in the U.S. economy has led to larger trade deficits.

What is America? Best brains in the world migrate to the U.S. If there are best brains, they will produce best results.

Highly skilled immigrants are critical to innovation and are important contributors to economic growth in the United States.

America's role in the global economy inevitably was going to diminish; we're smaller relative to - as China, India, other emerging markets grow.

I don't know what country's willing to export - for free - the computer scientists, engineers, doctors. It's hard to me to understand.

Everyone in the tech business, from Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr on down, says that the ruination of the industry, if not the entire country, will come from the inability to hire more brainiacs from countries like China and India.

Trade means jobs, but trade also means security. The time has come for all of us to urge the swift adoption of the Trans Pacific Partnership.

I said these trade deals are going to be terrible: we're going to lose manufacturing jobs, factories abroad; the real wages of Americans are not going to rise. People are coming across the border; it has got to be stopped.

I believe in free markets. I believe in free trade. I believe in creating the conditions that will allow that to happen. And if we do that, American companies are going to be pretty darn competitive.

Foreign students... big part of our economy.

Britain has always been at its most successful when it's a trading nation.

President Trump has had business leaders at the table. He's listening; he's engaging and making decisions that will help us grow the economy and, ultimately, U.S. manufacturing jobs.

The United States cannot achieve significant economic growth without expanding exports.

If people are coming into the country to add an extra dimension, to bring skills and expertise with them, we have always been open to that.

Can trade help lift people out of poverty? It can, and it has.