What Do You Want to Know About Brain Drain?

What are political scientists saying about Michigan's brain drain? Can it be compared and contrasted with nations experiencing state failure, and if so, what can be learned from it? What are possible incentives or strategies that can alleviate the brain drain?

"A state that is failing has several attributes. One of the most common is the loss of physical control of its territory or a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. Other attributes of state failure include the erosion of legitimate authority to make collective decisions, an inability to provide reasonable public services, and the inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community. The 12 indicators cover a wide range of state failure risk elements such as extensive corruption and criminal behavior, inability to collect taxes or otherwise draw on citizen support, large-scale involuntary dislocation of the population, sharp economic decline, group-based inequality, institutionalized persecution or discrimination, severe demographic pressures, brain drain, and environmental decay."--from http://www.fundforpeace.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=327