Nigel Harris
Nigel Harris (* 1935 ) is a British economist . His specialty is the economics of metropolitan areas. He is Professor Emeritus of Urban Economics at University College London . He is also a senior policy advisor at a think tank , the European Policy Center in Brussels , on the subject of international migration.
He received his BA and MA in philosophy, politics and economics in 1959 and 1962, respectively, and his Ph.D. (Thesis: The Economic and Industrial Policies of the British Conservative Party , 1945-1964 ), in 1963, at the London School of Economics and Political Science .
Harris was at times a senior member of the British Socialist Workers Party and published its printed work International Socialism .
Most recently he worked largely for the World Bank . He achieved public notoriety in the UK for his advocacy and defense of immigration , in works such as Thinking the Unthinkable: The Immigration Myth Exposed (2001), and he is currently a member of the Royal Society of Arts' migration committee .
Web links
- website
- CV of Prof. Harris
- Entry at openDemocracy
- The Mandate of Heaven - Marx and Mao in Modern China (online version of Harris's 1978 critique of Chinese communism)
- Nigel Harris Internet Archive
- Head to head: the immigration debate . Professor Nigel Harris says all immigration controls should be abolished. BBC , June 25, 2002.
- "Refugees, economic migration and the future of the world economy" (lecture video). Gresham College , 01/12/2009.
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| SURNAME | Harris, Nigel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |