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Immigrants: Your country needs them

By Gina Miller | 29 January 2008
Keywords: immigrants your country needs them | philippe legrain | immigration

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A British economist takes a look at one of the 20th century's most debated topics, immigration, and builds a compelling argument for the benefits.

Philippe Legrain’s curriculum vitae is his best defence in taking on the politically charged subject of immigration. A British economist and journalist, Legrain has also served as a special-adviser to the director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Now, following the success of his first book, Open World: The Truth About Globalization, which energetically supported free trade, he turns his pen – more controversially – to the export and import of immigrants or “human capital”.

Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them richly illustrates how liberal immigration ...

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