The following speech was delivered at a conference “How can Lithuania Survive on a Global Market?“ organised by the Lithuanian Free Market Institute in partnership with the  British Embassy in Lithuania on 14 September 2006 in Vilnius.  

 

LFMI was privileged to host Mr. Philippe Legrain, a British economist, journalist and writer, as the distinguished guest speaker of this conference. Mr. Legrain writes about globalisation and European issues. He was previously chief economist and director of policy for the pro-European pressure group, Britain in Europe, special adviser to WTO director-general Mike Moore, and trade and economics correspondent for The Economist. He has written for various newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Independent, the Wall Street Journal Europe, the FT and the New Statesman. He is the author of Open World: The Truth about Globalisation and is currently writing his second book, on international migration. He is a major advocate of the euro and globalisation.