Philippe Legrain

The Guardian, 28 June 2010. The government’s arbitrary limit will deprive the economy of skilled workers it needs but barely dent overall migrant numbers

The Times, 16 June 2010. Adopting Churchill’s plan would benefit wealth creators at the expense of the idle rich

Forbes, 28 June 2010. Opening America’s borders is morally right, economically beneficial–and would even make America safer.

The Guardian, 30 April 2010. The Duke of Westminster will cheer this house price bounce. For most of us it’s divisive and unsustainable

New Statesman, 21 April 2010. Claims that Britain’s population will soon reach 70 million do not stand up to scrutiny.

Guardian, 10 April 2010. A proper examination of ONS figures shows that despite an increase in immigration 1.2 million more Britons have jobs

Financial Times, 9 April 2010.

Prospect, April 2010. A new land tax is the only efficient and fair way to bring Britain’s finances back into line

Guardian, 30 March 2010. A hike in national insurance is not only unfair, it will damage future growth by discouraging many from working harder

Guardian, 9 March 2010. Running Britain in an age of austerity will be a thankless task – Labour might be better off without this poisoned chalice

McKinsey, March 2009. Today, globalization is neither uniform nor universal. It will always be incomplete. Clearly, then, it is also reversible.

Prospect, April 2009. Ha-Joon Chang’s suggestion that the world needs a dose of protectionism is utterly misguided

The Big Issue, 9 February 2009.

The Guardian, 12 February 2009. Instead of making divisive statements about immigrant workers, we should talk about how to create more jobs for everyone

The Guardian, 4 February 2009. Free movement of labour makes economic and moral sense. Without it the EU would unravel

The Guardian, 16 December 2008. New figures reveal that immigrants are not taking British people’s jobs – despite what Sir Andrew Green’s thinktank says

Progress, November 2008. The banking crisis requires government action but not a return to 1970s state control

The Guardian, 25 November 2008. Darling’s prescription was a sticking plaster on an economy that demands Obama-style shock therapy.

JCWI Bulletin, Summer/Autumn 2008. The latest Government initiatives on citizenship mean
that prospective British citizens from outside the EU
must clear several hurdles before they can apply

The Guardian, 9 October 2008. The UK government’s measures will stave off economic collapse and get banks moving, but calling them a bail-out is misleading