Philippe Legrain

It’s Book of the Day in today’s Irish Times. Jim O’Leary, a senior fellow of the department of economics, finance and accounting at NUI Maynooth, concludes that: This is a book that is big in its breadth of content and vision, and refreshingly hopeful about the possibility of harnessing globalisation to the betterment of all [...]

I debated the future of the euro with Josef Joffe, the editor of Die Zeit, on the Riz Khan show on Al Jazeera English on 20 May 2010.

Video of launch of Aftershock at LSE on 10 May 2010. In five parts. Part 2 » Part 3 » Part 4 » Part 5

“Fears grow about weaker euro” is the headline in today’s FT. But what’s to fear? For a start, the euro is hardly “weak”. It is back to where it was 18 months ago and is still much stronger than it was, for instance, in 2002, when it was worth less than 90 US cents. But [...]

I debated this issue with Andrew Green of MigrationWatch on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast at 7am this morning. The interviewer is Nicky Campbell. Listen to it here

I was interviewed on RTE Radio 1′s Today with Pat Kenny show today about Aftershock and prospects for Ireland’s economy. Listen to it here.

Listen again, or for the first time. Thank you to LSE for making the recording. Thanks to Mark Hillary, outsourcing guru and good mate, for the photo.

Thanks to everyone who came to the launch of Aftershock at LSE last night. It was a great success. Mark Hillary took some photos of it. Hope you enjoy the book.. and please spread the word!

Interesting piece by Nayan Chanda

Fascinating piece in the New York Times

I had the pleasure of meeting Daniel Ben-Ami on Saturday and recommend you check out his blog and his book, Ferraris for All, which is out in July and makes the important case for economic progress, which too many people in the West have unfortunately lost confidence in. As I argue in Aftershock, we should [...]

Nick Griffin of the British National Party: It’s not about race. Britain is full up. Andrew Green of Migration Watch: It’s about numbers and space, not about race. From the New York Times

I was interviewed bright and early on BBC Radio London’s Breakfast Show with Gaby Roslin and Paul Ross this morning about immigration and the election campaign. Listen to it here

Kevin Rudd made tackling climate change the centerpiece of his winning election campaign in 2007. Once in government, he announced plans to introduce a carbon emissions trading scheme in Australia in 2011 with the aim of cutting emissions by at least 5 per cent by 2020 (from 2000 levels). But these were stymied when the [...]

I participated in a roundtable debate on this issue on Next Left’s website. Read the contributions here.