Philippe Legrain
British political economist; adviser to José Manuel Barroso from 2011 to 2014.
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- Philippe Legrain is a British political economist and writer on globalisation, migration and the euro.
- From February 2011 to February 2014 he was principal adviser and head of the analysis team at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers to European Commission president José Manuel Barroso.
- He is a visiting senior fellow at the LSE's European Institute.
Key facts
- Born
- 1973, London1
- Education
- BSc in economics and MSc in politics of the world economy, London School of Economics1
- Books
- Open World (2002); Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them (2007); Aftershock (2010); European Spring (2014)1
- Earlier
- Trade and economics correspondent, The Economist; special adviser to WTO director-general Mike Moore; chief economist, Britain in Europe1
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