Rebecca Fannin

America is suffering from a ‘reverse brain drain’ as the best and brightest young professional talent hop over to Asia’s emerging markets for new, fast-growth opportunities. Restrictive visa policies in the U.S. have escalated the problem as well-trained Chinese and Indian graduates of top universities return to their homelands. By just about any measure – job growth, new patents, research and development spending, software parks, venture capital investment, number of new startups, mobile communications, tech adoption, scientific breakthroughs, and entrepreneurial billionaires – China and India are beginning to close the innovation gap with the U.S. How can America keep its innovative edge and keep churning out the kinds of Steve Jobs-like ideas the whole world looks up to?