If I recall correctly, anxiety about immigration did drop in polls after Brexit but resumed when numbers soared to record highs. And recall that gross immigration = 900,000, so that 1 in 77 people in the country arrived in the year to June 25 (1 in 30 over the past 2 yrs). We're not Fortress UK.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If I recall correctly, anxiety about immigration did drop in polls after Brexit but resumed when numbers soared to record highs. And recall that gross immigration = 900,000, so that 1 in 77 people in the country arrived in the year to June 25 (1 in 30 over the past 2 yrs). We're not Fortress UK.
I'm puzzled by this thread & the comments as immigration is historically v. high. Even today's stats about a drop in net immigration misses that gross immigration was 900,000 (lots of people left, notably young Brits). So 1 in 77 people in the UK arrived in the year to June 2025. How high can we go?
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm puzzled by this thread & the comments as immigration is historically v. high. Even today's stats about a drop in net immigration misses that gross immigration was 900,000 (lots of people left, notably young Brits). So 1 in 77 people in the UK arrived in the year to June 2025. How high can we go?
For those who want to know the economic facts about immigration (neither "side" will like all he has to say), LSE labour economist Alan Manning has a new book out tomorrow.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For those who want to know the economic facts about immigration (neither "side" will like all he has to say), LSE labour economist Alan Manning has a new book out tomorrow.
Out tomorrow, Alan Manning's Why Immigration Policy is Hard.
People need to read [Manning's] work before immigration tears us apart.
-Angus Deaton, Nobel laureate
Fantastic, accessible & wittily written... It has challenged, sharpened & changed my thinking.
-Stephen Bush, FT
People need to read [Manning's] work before immigration tears us apart.
-Angus Deaton, Nobel laureate
Fantastic, accessible & wittily written... It has challenged, sharpened & changed my thinking.
-Stephen Bush, FT
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Out tomorrow, Alan Manning's Why Immigration Policy is Hard.
People need to read [Manning's] work before immigration tears us apart.
-Angus Deaton, Nobel laureate
Fantastic, accessible & wittily written... It has challenged, sharpened & changed my thinking.
-Stephen Bush, FT
People need to read [Manning's] work before immigration tears us apart.
-Angus Deaton, Nobel laureate
Fantastic, accessible & wittily written... It has challenged, sharpened & changed my thinking.
-Stephen Bush, FT
How did Canada come to exist and how has it remained sovereign despite repeated overtures, some nicer than others, from the south? I'm delighted to say the great Robert Bothwell is writing a book for Polity on the subject. Due to be completed in the spring.
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
How did Canada come to exist and how has it remained sovereign despite repeated overtures, some nicer than others, from the south? I'm delighted to say the great Robert Bothwell is writing a book for Polity on the subject. Due to be completed in the spring.
“A fantastic, accessible and wittily written book regardless of where you sit on the issue – if you have an interest in immigration policy you should read it.” Stephen Bush, The Financial Times
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“A fantastic, accessible and wittily written book regardless of where you sit on the issue – if you have an interest in immigration policy you should read it.” Stephen Bush, The Financial Times
Two new books to make sense of postliberalism. @pjthinker.bsky.social; @mattsleat.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Two new books to make sense of postliberalism. @pjthinker.bsky.social; @mattsleat.bsky.social
Now available in the US. To help understand what norms Trump is breaking, Kori Schake's history of American civil-military relations.
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Now available in the US. To help understand what norms Trump is breaking, Kori Schake's history of American civil-military relations.
Mentioned by Tim Harford in the FT today, Alan Manning's forthcoming Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.
October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Mentioned by Tim Harford in the FT today, Alan Manning's forthcoming Why Immigration Policy Is Hard.
Out later this month from Paul Kelly at the LSE.
October 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Out later this month from Paul Kelly at the LSE.
Publishing today:
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual... In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls... Courage, compassion, & self-respect require us to be and do better!”
Cornel West
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual... In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls... Courage, compassion, & self-respect require us to be and do better!”
Cornel West
July 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Publishing today:
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual... In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls... Courage, compassion, & self-respect require us to be and do better!”
Cornel West
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual... In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls... Courage, compassion, & self-respect require us to be and do better!”
Cornel West
Just a reminder to buy this book. Some of you haven't done so yet.
July 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just a reminder to buy this book. Some of you haven't done so yet.
Philip Kitcher on the decline of a public ethics of caring for the poor.
July 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Philip Kitcher on the decline of a public ethics of caring for the poor.
Despite Trump, an optimistic book about what's possible from one of America''s leading political economists of socialism, David Kotz.
July 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Despite Trump, an optimistic book about what's possible from one of America''s leading political economists of socialism, David Kotz.
Forthcoming in September (US). Robert Hockett's *Making Capital Democratic: A Reconstruction of State, Credit, and Finance*
July 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Forthcoming in September (US). Robert Hockett's *Making Capital Democratic: A Reconstruction of State, Credit, and Finance*
Bad phrase, but he wasn't wrong. This is from the organisation More in Common, founded after the right-wing murder of Labour's Jo Cox. The study shows people of an Asian background in the UK are even more likely than natives to feel among strangers. It's a problem.
June 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Bad phrase, but he wasn't wrong. This is from the organisation More in Common, founded after the right-wing murder of Labour's Jo Cox. The study shows people of an Asian background in the UK are even more likely than natives to feel among strangers. It's a problem.
Branko Milanovic in Martin Wolf's Economics Books of the Summer (FT).
June 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Branko Milanovic in Martin Wolf's Economics Books of the Summer (FT).
Out this week. Some prices change little in business cycles. Others vary wildly. Why?
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
June 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Out this week. Some prices change little in business cycles. Others vary wildly. Why?
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
Due in the fall from Kori Schake, relevant already.
"Will stand the test of time as our primary guide to understanding and evaluating civil-military relations in America. A uniquely compelling piece of work."
--General Jim Mattis, U.S. Marine (ret.) & 26th Secretary of Defense
"Will stand the test of time as our primary guide to understanding and evaluating civil-military relations in America. A uniquely compelling piece of work."
--General Jim Mattis, U.S. Marine (ret.) & 26th Secretary of Defense
June 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Due in the fall from Kori Schake, relevant already.
"Will stand the test of time as our primary guide to understanding and evaluating civil-military relations in America. A uniquely compelling piece of work."
--General Jim Mattis, U.S. Marine (ret.) & 26th Secretary of Defense
"Will stand the test of time as our primary guide to understanding and evaluating civil-military relations in America. A uniquely compelling piece of work."
--General Jim Mattis, U.S. Marine (ret.) & 26th Secretary of Defense
Self-Censorship, now out in the UK:
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual who usually says what he means and means what he says! In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls.”
--Cornel West
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual who usually says what he means and means what he says! In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls.”
--Cornel West
June 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Self-Censorship, now out in the UK:
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual who usually says what he means and means what he says! In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls.”
--Cornel West
“Glenn Loury is a brilliant and courageous public intellectual who usually says what he means and means what he says! In our grim and dim moment of ugly polarization, even he admits that self-censorship can operate in our hearts, minds, and souls.”
--Cornel West
Truman Bewley's *Price Setting*.
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the economy."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the economy."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
May 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Truman Bewley's *Price Setting*.
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the economy."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
"Ought to change our thinking about... the management of inflation and recessions."
- Robert Shiller
"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the economy."
- N. Gregory Mankiw
"Full of new evidence, findings, and ideas."
- Thomas Sargent
A book for the age of Trump 2 that shows what bad shape due process was in even before the election. Brandon Garrett's *Defending Due Process*.
April 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A book for the age of Trump 2 that shows what bad shape due process was in even before the election. Brandon Garrett's *Defending Due Process*.
A dynamic that Glenn Loury predicts. Forthcoming:
April 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A dynamic that Glenn Loury predicts. Forthcoming:
Branko Milanovic's new book, now out in the UK:
"While in the past... illegal and semi-legal actions... were done... with the curtain lowered... this was now done in the open.... Thanks to Trump, we could see the immense corruption lying at the heart of the political process."
"While in the past... illegal and semi-legal actions... were done... with the curtain lowered... this was now done in the open.... Thanks to Trump, we could see the immense corruption lying at the heart of the political process."
April 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Branko Milanovic's new book, now out in the UK:
"While in the past... illegal and semi-legal actions... were done... with the curtain lowered... this was now done in the open.... Thanks to Trump, we could see the immense corruption lying at the heart of the political process."
"While in the past... illegal and semi-legal actions... were done... with the curtain lowered... this was now done in the open.... Thanks to Trump, we could see the immense corruption lying at the heart of the political process."
Branko Milanovic's new book, now in stock and shipping to stores in April and May.
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Branko Milanovic's new book, now in stock and shipping to stores in April and May.