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Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
Philippe Legrain
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Description for Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
Paperback. Philippe Legrain makes a compelling case for global immigration with a book that is guaranteed to spark debate Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 496.
Immigration divides our globalising world like no other issue. We are swamped by bogus asylum-seekers and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our benefit system abused, our way of life destroyed - or so we are told. Philippe Legrain, author of the critically acclaimed OPEN WORLD, has written the first book that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in Europe, North America and Australasia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling first-hand reporting from around the world, incisive socio-economic analysis and a broad understanding of what is ... Read more
Immigration divides our globalising world like no other issue. We are swamped by bogus asylum-seekers and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our benefit system abused, our way of life destroyed - or so we are told. Philippe Legrain, author of the critically acclaimed OPEN WORLD, has written the first book that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in Europe, North America and Australasia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling first-hand reporting from around the world, incisive socio-economic analysis and a broad understanding of what is ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316732482
SKU
KNW0009120
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Philippe Legrain
Philippe Legrain studied econonmics and international politics at LSE. Until recently he was special adviser to the DG of the WTO. He was trade and economics correspondent for THE ECONOMIST and has written for a large number of the respected newspapers and periodicals.
Reviews for Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
The case for immigration ... is grounded in hard economic fact, as Philippe Legrain shows in IMMIGRANTS - a passionate and cogent plea for liberalising migration FINANCIAL TIMES Energetic and right-minded ... In all important respects Legrain is right on target; one turns his pages to the almost audible sound of nails being smacked on the head. In the context ... Read more