20th Karlsruhe Dialogues - Speakers
European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess - and How to Put Them Right
Philippe Legrain
Speaker
Philippe Legrain is a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics’ European Institute, and an independent writer, thinker, consultant, and speaker. He also recently founded a think-tank, OPEN: the Open Political Economy Network.
From 2011 to 2014 he was economic advisor to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and head of the team providing the president with strategic policy advice.
A columnist for Project Syndicate and Foreign Policy, he commentates for a wide range of international publications, such as the Financial Times, the New York Times and the Guardian, as well as for the BBC and other international broadcasters.
From 2011 to 2014 he was economic advisor to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and head of the team providing the president with strategic policy advice.
A columnist for Project Syndicate and Foreign Policy, he commentates for a wide range of international publications, such as the Financial Times, the New York Times and the Guardian, as well as for the BBC and other international broadcasters.
Legrain is the author of four critically acclaimed books, notably Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them (2007), which was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award. His latest book, European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess – and How to Put Them Right (2014), is “essential reading” according to the Financial Times and among its Best Books of 2014.