Ancient Greece was once a magnet for the world’s intellectual elite. Scholarly work out of Athens contributed to everything from logic and philosophy to the politics that formed the basis of modern civilization. But as the Hellenic Republic struggles to strike an agreement to repay more than €300 billion it owes international creditors, it is also facing the depletion of its most important asset: human capital. A devastating brain drain is luring away the best and brightest of Greece’s workforce, several reports showed, with estimates varying between 180,000 and 200,000 well-educated citizens leaving the cash-strapped nation. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/greeces-scariest-deficit-has-nothing-to-do-with-money-2015-05-07
A natural result of "excessive wealth redistribution". IOW.... Makers at some point get fed up with government confiscating their property for political purpose and decide to move to somewhere they get screwed less.