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Robert Guest

'Optimism is out of fashion at the moment, what with financial crises and joblessness in the headlines, and optimism about (or in) the US is less fashionable still. Into this dour setting, Robert Guest, business editor of The Economist, has arrived in his party clothes. Guest's new book Borderless Economics, is a celebration of the modern upsides of globalisation, immigration and kinship ties. As such, it might be the least fashionable important book to appear in some time.' - Pietra Rivoli, Financial Times 'Guest has produced a book that is witty, rigorous, humane, provocative and dazzlingly well-reported. Everyone should read it. Bravo!' - Tim Harford, author of Adapt and The Undercover Economist'Fantastically entertaining and well-written...[I] couldn't put it down.' Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired and author of The Long Tail and Free'An informative, engaging survey of the beneficial consequences of globalization.' Kirkus Reviews"Robert Guest has discovered the quantum mechanics of economic growth and political liberty. It turns out the wave-particle duality of economic matter and political energy is us. We the people of the world - moving where we want and doing what we will - create the universe of progress. Governments of Earth, say goodbye to the Newtonian concepts of nation and state. The apple of Borderless Economics has hit you on the head and knocked you out." P. J. O'Rourke'For most, globalization has been about the movement of goods, services, technology and capital. As Robert Guest succinctly explains in this eminently readable book, globalization is actually about people - their migration, the networks they form and the ideas that they transmit through their mobility. In a world grappling with rising protectionist fever, this book is a warning that those nations who want to batten down the hatches and shut the free flow of people and ideas do so at their own risk.' Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India'Too much