and attention to puerto rico to the type of person deposit response that took place in would take place in puerto

rico in the future, not just in terms of natural disasters, but in terms of development, addressing issues of --erdevelopment and policy policies that have hurt the economy over many decades. some of that -- to try to correct some of the wrongs that have taken place. if your question is, is it going to become a state or not, i don't know. >> the natural and final follow-up is, because so many puerto ricans, american citizens, are now on the mainland. whether or not that is going to have any long-term impact on the island. >> it definitely is. right now it is. , and a brain drain culturally, it hurts the island because you have, maybe not in area,tropolitan/san juan

but in some of the other cities, you have many young people coming to the u.s. mainland for an education, for a job. places, youf those .ave an older population it affects business. it affects every level of the way a city operates, the culture of a city. it is a terrible drain on the vibrancy of puerto rico. >> when does your book come out? >> i hope to have a full draft .y the end of this year i am on sabbatical this year and i'm almost done. my hope is that it will be out in the next -- it takes about one year to publication once you get it into production.

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