- Philippe Legrain
Philippe Legrain is a British economist, journalist and writer.He writes about globalisation, migration and European issues. He is a contributing editor to "
Prospect magazine " and a Visiting Fellow at the European Institute of the "London School of Economics ". He was previously chief economist and director of policy for thepro-European pressure group,Britain in Europe , special adviser toWTO director-general Mike Moore, and trade and economics correspondent for "The Economist ".He has written for various newspapers and magazines, including "
The Guardian ", "The Times ", the "FT", "The Independent ", the "Wall Street Journal Europe" and the "New Statesman ". He is the author of "Open World:/ The Truth about Globalisation", which is a counter-argument to Naomi Klein's "No Logo ", and his new book on international migration, "Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them", was published in January 2007. He is a major advocate of theeuro , globalisation and freer international migration.Philippe holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Politics of the World Economy, both from the
London School of Economics .Bibliography
*"Open World:/ The Truth about Globalisation" (2002) Philippe Legrain ISBN-10: 034911529X ISBN-13: 978-0349115290
*"Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them" (2007) Philippe Legrain ISBN-10: 0316732486 ISBN-13: 978-0316732482External links
* [http://www.philippelegrain.com Philippe Legrain's website]
* [http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/philippe-legrain/ New York Times Interview]
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