Now the market lures the incomers, which may produce less disastrous results.Three forces often combine to drive people abroad.
That change, coupled with the money generated by a soaring stock market, lured new managers, many of whom were unfamiliar with the perils of rapidly declining markets.
At Cornwall Terrace, Lansdowne's development of eight mansions, two show homes have just reached the market, luring the super rich with original Francis Bacons, Murano glassware and furniture from Portofino.
Beyond them, a host of filmmakers seasoned by years of French production are entering the vast English-language market, lured by larger budgets and the promise of escape from the subtitle ghetto.
There is bound to be some growth as the banks' corporate clients regain their appetite for takeovers and start selling bonds and shares, and as rising equity markets lure investors back into trading more.
An anomaly globally, the market for physical CDs still thrives in Japan for a variety of reasons, including myriad independent labels with which to negotiate rights, and the marketing lure of CD purchase promotions.
But the possible outlay is peanuts compared with the amount of free service AOL has been giving away as a marketing lure.
You pay nothing extra for the offsets, but you get to feel good about it and Greenbookings uses that as marketing lure to get you to book flights, hotels, and rental cars through its site.
The scenario is playing out across a region stretching from the Baltic states to the Balkans, where cheap labour and untapped markets lured tens of billions of euros in investment after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Some experts say the mainland market's lure is so strong it will get similar allegiance from Taiwan's tycoons.
