This blog post also appears on the Battle of Ideas blog on the Independent’s website. I will be speaking about mobility about the Battle of Ideas in London on Saturday 30 October. I hope to see some of you there. Further, faster, cheaper, better – ever since the invention of the wheel, human progress can [...]
Posted 08 Oct 2010 in Blog, Britain, Mobility, The Independent
With the X-word currently dominating the headlines, there could be no better time for this intelligent, wholly persuasive defensive of immigration. Scourging the xenophobia that sprouts at times of economic downturn, Legrain insists that clamping down on immigration is "morally wrong, economically stupid and politically unsustainable". He points out that immigrants, who usually only wish [...]
Posted 07 Feb 2009 in Blog, Britain, Immigration, The Independent
One of the enduring myths about globalisation is that it is bad for the poor. Yet the facts suggest otherwise.
Posted 12 Dec 2000 in Globalisation, Published articles, The Independent
