exodus

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Since the Islamic revolution of 1979, Iran has witnessed multiple waves of middle-class exodus, where Iranian immigrants moved to the U.S to escape economic collapse and persecution.

From Los Angeles Times

JOHANNESBURG—The corporate exodus from what was supposed to be Africa’s breakout economy is accelerating, propelled by a toxic cocktail of corruption, lawlessness and poor infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal

One current prosecutor said the amount of institutional knowledge lost in the exodus of Justice Department lawyers over the past year could take decades to replace.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it appears that even Palantir isn’t immune from the exodus out of software stocks.

From Barron's

The hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who came to the U.S. before the mass exodus of recent years were among the most highly educated immigrants to arrive in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal