Globalisation once appeared inevitable and irreversible. Jul 30, 2010 philippe legrain s aftershock is a lucid and openminded introduction to the world economy. Philippe legrain keynote speaker london speaker bureau. View philippe legrains profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Pdf turkish earthquakes reveal dynamics of fracturing. The truth about globalisation 2002 philippe legrain isbn 034911529x isbn 9780349115290. Reporting firsthand from across the globe he sets out the huge dangers ahead and the opportunities to craft a fairer, safer, richer and greener world. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis by philippe legrain. Are we ready to craft a fairer, safer, greener world. The ability of capital, labour and information to flow instantly around the world made national borders appear irrelevant. In this incisive assessment of the postcrisis world, philippe legrain looks at what went wrong, and how the worlds leaders and financial institutions can learn from their. Philippe legrain founder open political economy network.
Previously economic advisor to the president of the european commission from 2011 to 2014, he is the author of five critically acclaimed books, most recently. Not another book about the global financial crisis. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading aftershock. In this incisive assessment of the postcrisis world, philippe legrain looks at what went wrong, and how the worlds leaders and financial institutions can learn from their disastrous. Delivering an aftershock to the economic debate spiked. Best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift ideas home computers gift cards sell books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors kindle books audiobooks. Philippe legrain is a journalism fellow with the german marshall fund. Jennifer registered migration agent in australia home.
Its by a dutch journalist and writer who spent a whole year 1999 travelling around europe. The financial crisis brought the world to the brink of economic breakdown. For anyone interested in understanding the evolution of the post euro crisis continent, this is a must read. Buy aftershock by philippe legrain from waterstones today.
In terms of his writing style, the influence of his early job as a writer on international economics for the economist is clear. At a time when national guard units are deployed alongside vigilante minutemen on the u. He is visiting fellow at the european institute of the london school of economics and a former advisor to european commission president jose manuel baroso. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. But it makes the common mistake of blaming bankers for the current economic crisis. These include the troubles of the financial system, the rise of emerging economies, green technology. Based on his experience as a journalist for the economist, as well as from his time working for the wto and travelling the world, philippe legrain argues that antiglobalizers like naomi klein, ralph nader and pat buchanan have got it all wrong. Philippe legrain is that rare combination of a fine journalist with a decent grasp of economics, or perhaps that should be a first class economist who can actually. International trade, the global economy, geopolitics and immigration, brexit philippe legrain is a critically acclaimed economist with senior policy experience and a track record of political and economic insight. Is this really sustainable or do we need to change course. Philippe legrains skill at both helps make after shock one of the best books of its type.
Reshaping the world economy after the crisis first edition by legrain, philippe isbn. Tim harford, the undercover economist, financial times. He specialises in global and european political economy issues, including macro, geopolitics, trade and immigration. Read the profile of philippe legrain, visiting fellow at the lse european institute. Now bankers bonuses are back, house prices are rising again and politicians promise recovery while unemployment rises, frictions with china grow and the planet overheats.
View philippe legrain s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis 2010 philippe legrain isbn 1408702231 isbn 9781408702239. Philippe legrain is a journalist and author, specialising in the fields of globalisation, migration and the european economy. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis 9780349122755 by legrain, philippe and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The best books on europe five books expert recommendations. Legrain has a gift for combining big numbers that offer a sense of the scale of the global buildup. To book philippe legrain please contact your jla agent. This makes his book a particularly good survey of what made up the unpleasant cocktail which the world has yet to digest the economist. The effects of the financial crisis that blew up with the collapse of lehman brothers in september 2008 are still with us. Why our economies and politics are in a mess and how to put them right 2014, was described as essential reading by the financial times and was among its best books of 2014. Aftershock books by philippe legrain mark hillary flickr. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis 2010 attracted the attention of president barroso and persuaded him to hire philippe.
Mexico border, where the death toll in the past decade now exceeds 911s, philippe legrain has written the first book about immigration that looks beyond the headlines. Oct 23, 2011 aftershock by philippe legrain, a longtime cheerleader for globalisation, similarly feels like a manifesto rather than an argument. Philippe legrain is a british political economist and writer. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis paperback. Author of four critically acclaimed books on globalisation, migration, the financial. Philippe legrain is a critically acclaimed economist with senior policy experience. Philippe legrain is a british political economist, commentator, consultant, and writer. Your next book, in europe, is by a dutchman, geert mak. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis kindle edition by legrain, philippe. Philippe legrain project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Legrain, whose previous book was on migration, sees both measures, quite rightly, as standing in the way of generating a more prosperous economy for all. If you have been convinced by naomi klein or noreena hertz, you owe it to yourself to hear legrain s persuasive defence new statesman. In a timely and provocative book, philippe legrain, formerly trade and economics correspondent for the economist, argues that the idea and practice of globalization has been misrepresented by political activists who fail to understand its workings.
Jan 01, 2010 philippe legrain is a visiting fellow at the london school of economics european institute and an independent writer, journalist and consultant. In this incisive assessment of the postcrisis world, philippe looks at what went wrong, and how the worlds leaders and financial institutions can learn from their disastrous mistakes. The financial crisis brought the world to the brink. Philippe legrain is a critically acclaimed economist with senior policy experience and a track record of political and economic insight. He specializes in global and european economic issues, notably globalisation, migration, the postcrisis world and the euro. He previously worked as principal adviser and head of the analysis team at.
May 06, 2010 aftershock by philippe legrain, 9781408702239, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. By philippe legrain add your comment them and us by philippe legrain, a former economist journalist, sets out the benefits of migration and asks how newcomers and locals can get along better. During the last 5 months of 1999, northwestern turkey experienced two major earthquakes along the north anatolian fault zone nafz. Philippe legrain is a visiting fellow at the london school of economics european institute and an independent writer, journalist and consultant. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis 2010 attracted. By philippe legrain add your comment the notion that migration is a oneway movement of permanent settlement is outdated. Philippe legrain booking agent speakers roster mn2s. Reporting firsthand from around the world, he explains how the world economy is being reshaped and what it means for jobs and our future prospects. Most of it is temporaryand its time the debate about immigration recognised this reality, argues philippe legrain, an analyst of immigration and the author of aftershock, a recent book analysing economic changes in the wake of the financial crash. There is always room for debate on exactly which topics a book on the current world economy should cover, but aftershock tackles many of the key areas. Surface fault breaks, aftershock distribution, and rupture proces s of the august 17, 1999 izmit, turke y earthquake, bulletin of the society o f america 92, pp.
Your country needs them 2007 philippe legrain isbn 0316732486 isbn 9780316732482. Philip legrains book documents the case for immigration through cultural, economic and. Aftershock by philippe legrain rakuten kobo new zealand. But now bankers bonuses are back, house prices are rising again and politicians promise recovery. But aftershock ambitiously subtitled reshaping the world economy after the crisis is one of the best. Globalization, he insists, is neither a label for americanization nor an excuse for worldwide corporate domination, and it does not eliminate local. Many western governments pursue harsh austerity policies in a vain attempt to shift the huge overhang of debt that they took on by propping up economies in. There is a shift towards talking about stimulus but there is no dramatic leap forward, said philippe legrain, adviser to the european commission during the aftermath of europes 2009 sovereign debt crisis and author of the book european spring, a diagnosis of europes economic failings. The financial crisis brought the world to the brink of economic breakdow. However the polemical weight is towards fierce criticism of the global openness created by the freedom of movement of people and capital. There are many books available on why these crises have occurred. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis, immigrants.
In this incisive assessment of the postcrisis world, philippe legrain looks at what went wrong, and how the worlds leaders and financial institutions can learn from their disastrous mistakes. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis 2010 philippe legrain. Reshaping the world economy after the crisis phillipe examines how the crisis happened, the longterm risks it produced, and the best strategies to rebuild a more stable world economy. Little, brown, 2006, will be published in the united states by princeton university press in august. This is a book that is big in its breadth of content and vision, and refreshingly hopeful about the. The notion that migration is a oneway movement of permanent settlement is outdated. Legrain has compiled a significant list of sources from which he derives his argument. Philippe legrain s skill at both helps make aftershock one of the best books of its type. Better than nothing the german marshall fund of the. Read aftershock reshaping the world economy after the crisis by philippe legrain available from rakuten kobo. Legrain has several advantages as an economics writer that make him well suited to the task.
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