I read a newspaper article yesterday about a woman of Vietnamese descent who repatriated to Vietnam. I thought that symbolised the economic shift from West to East very well. Her grandparents were boat refugees from Saigon who were picked up in the South China sea by a Dutch cargo ship and now the new generation is going back to Ho Chi Minh city because the future is Asia.

The Netherlands is rich to be sure but it's all old money.

There are more opportunities for growth in Asia. Europe is very developed. Little opportunities for building something. Regulations make it hard.

It's easier to bring ideas learned while living in the west back to the east, especially a place like Vietnam where it's very much still a 3rd world country.

Doesn’t necessarily mean that. I met a girl in Austria whose parents are from Bulgaria. She wants to return to Bulgaria because it’s “easier being poor there”.