John Grahl
Professor John Grahl is a distinguished academic and professor of Human Resources Management at Middlesex University. He is a member of European Economists for an Alternative Economic Policy in Europe and author of 'European Monetary Union: Problems of Legitimacy, Development and Stability' (Kogan Page, London, 2001), and more famously 'After Maastricht: a Guide to European Monetary Union' (Lawrence and Wishart, London, 1997). He has published numerous articles on economics, including in the established left wing journal 'New Left Review' and in the French monthly publication 'Le Monde Diplomatique'. Previously John has been a lecturer at Queen Mary and Westfield College, and London Metropolitan University.
John has four children and lives with his wife in Newham East London, where he has lived for over twenty-five years. In the summer he makes extended visits to his second home in the south of France. Born in August 1946, he spent his childhood in Burntisland, Fife, and was educated at Kirkcaldy High School, also the school of Labour party politician and current Prime minister Gordon Brown.