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 the pro-European pressure group, Britain in Europe, special adviser to WTO 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 the euro, 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: 978-0316732482

External links

* [http://www.philippelegrain.com Philippe Legrain's website]
* [http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/philippe-legrain/ New York Times Interview]