Julian Le Grand

Julian Le Grand is Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE) and was a senior policy advisor to former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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He is the author, co-author or editor of seventeen books and over ninety articles on economics, philosophy and public policy. One of his recent books, "Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens" (Oxford University Press, 2003), was described by "The Economist" as ‘accessible - and profound’ and by "The Times" as ‘one of the most important books on public policy in recent years’. He was one of "Prospect" magazine’s 100 top British public intellectuals, [ [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=6765 Intellectuals: 'Top 100 British intellectuals' by | Prospect Magazine July 2004 issue 100 ] ] and one of the ESRC’s ten Heroes of Dissemination. [ [http://esrcsocietytoday.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Images/Heroes%20of%20dissemination_tcm6-5965.pdf untitled ] ]

He is one of the principal architects of the UK Government’s current ‘quasi-market’ reforms introducing choice and competition into health care and education. In addition, he originated and developed several innovative ideas in social policy, including one that became the ‘baby bond’ or Child Trust Fund, the Partnership Scheme for funding long term care endorsed by the 2005 Wanless Report Securing Good Care for Older People, the Educational Premium for the less well off and for looked after children, and the Social Care Practice in the 2006 Department for Education and Skills Green Paper, Care Matters.

Le Grand was one of the signatories of a letter published in The Guardian on 15 April 2008, which criticised the UK Government's "retreat in the face of a rightwing challenge over inheritance tax". Le Grand and his co-authors argued that inheritance tax "is one of the few tools which directly reduces inherited inequalities." [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/apr/15/tax Letters: Speaking up for inheritance tax | Money | The Guardian ] ]

Works

He has written widely, including:
* "Motivation, agency & public policy: of knights and knaves, pawns & queens", Oxford UP, 2003
* "Health, Values & Social Policy". In Ann Oakley & Jonathan Barker, "Private Complaints & Public Health", Policy Press, 2004
* "The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services Through Choice and Competition", Princeton University Press, 2007

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External links

* [http://www.julian.legrand.me.uk/ Professor Julian Le Grand's Official Home Page]
* [http://www.lse.ac.uk/people/[e-mail]/ Experts at the London School of Economics - Professor Julian Le Grand]
* [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/715ed810-a412-11da-83cc-0000779e2340.html / Financial Times]
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