Immigrants
Your Country Needs Them
$35.07
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2009
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119748 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349119740 |
| Author: | Philippe Legrain |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2009 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 200mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them is an important book. Thoroughly researched and lucidly written - The Bulletin
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 of the fearful chatter that surrounds the subject, sense as good as this needs cherishing - GUARDIANA passionate, enormously detailed plea … He provides plenty of material to dispose of ill-informed predjudice - MAIL ON SUNDAYThe case for immigration…is grounded in hard economic fact, as Philippe Legrain shows in IMMIGRANTS - a passionate and cogent plea for liberalising migration - FINANCIAL TIMESAbout The Author
Philippe Legrain
Philippe Legrain studied economics 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 respected newspapers and periodicals.
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