Philippe Legrain

Philippe Legrain is a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics’ European Institute and the founder of OPEN, an international think-tank on openness issues.

Articles

Government

Yet another eurozone bank whitewash

Seven years after the first bank in the eurozone failed and was bailed out by the German government, the eurozone economy is still on its knees. It has broken banks, crushing debts and a huge shortfall of demand. So big hopes were pinned on the European Central Bank’s year-long health check of the eurozone’s bigger […]

Enterprise

Sick German economy is dysfunctional, divisive and dangerous

When Germany lifted the World Cup this summer, the whole country rejoiced to “Deutschland über alles”. Its sporting triumph seemed to mirror its economic success: insofar as there really is a “global race”, Germany seemed out in front. Politicians and pundits of all stripes praise the Rhineland model. In Britain, Labour leader Ed Miliband’s economic […]