Ian Goldin is the Oxford University Professor of Globalization and Development and founding director of the Oxford Martin School, the world’s leading center for interdisciplinary research into critical global challenges, where he has established forty-five research programs. Previously, he was vice president of the World Bank and its Head of Policy, responsible for its collaboration with the United Nations and key partners. He served as adviser to President Nelson Mandela, has been knighted by the French government, and is the author of three BBC series. Ian has been an advisor to numerous businesses, governments, and foundations and is a founding trustee of the International Center for Future Generations and Chair of the CORE Econ initiative to transform economics. He is the author of twenty-five books, including Age of the City, which was selected by the Financial Times as one of its best books of 2023.

• PrefaceTimelineIntroductionPart 1: The Shortest History of MigrationThe First MigrantsPeopled PlanetEmpire and TradeVoyages of Discovery and DestructionSlaveryCoercion and ControlAge of Mass MigrationPassports and ProblemsWars, Mass Mobilization, and ExpulsionsMigrants in the Postwar WorldPart 2: Migration Today and TomorrowWho is a Migrant?Migration and the EconomyMigration and DevelopmentThe Future of MigrationAcknowledgmentsFurther ReadingEndnotesIndexAbout the Author

"A Financial Times Best Book of the Year for 2024A must read for our times . . . . Provides a powerful antidote to the harmful rhetoric around immigration, placing current debates in a historical context. It shows why migrants are essential to make America great again and how migration should be better managed to restore the dynamism of societies."

Ian Goldin is the Oxford University Professor of Globalization and Development and founding director of the Oxford Martin School, the world’s leading center for interdisciplinary research into critical global challenges, where he has established forty-five research programs. Previously, he was vice president of the World Bank and its Head of Policy, responsible for its collaboration with the United Nations and key partners. He served as adviser to President Nelson Mandela, has been knighted by the French government, and is the author of three BBC series. Ian has been an advisor to numerous businesses, governments, and foundations and is a founding trustee of the International Center for Future Generations and Chair of the CORE Econ initiative to transform economics. He is the author of twenty-five books, including Age of the City, which was selected by the Financial Times as one of its best books of 2023.

• PrefaceTimelineIntroductionPart 1: The Shortest History of MigrationThe First MigrantsPeopled PlanetEmpire and TradeVoyages of Discovery and DestructionSlaveryCoercion and ControlAge of Mass MigrationPassports and ProblemsWars, Mass Mobilization, and ExpulsionsMigrants in the Postwar WorldPart 2: Migration Today and TomorrowWho is a Migrant?Migration and the EconomyMigration and DevelopmentThe Future of MigrationAcknowledgmentsFurther ReadingEndnotesIndexAbout the Author

"A Financial Times Best Book of the Year for 2024A must read for our times . . . . Provides a powerful antidote to the harmful rhetoric around immigration, placing current debates in a historical context. It shows why migrants are essential to make America great again and how migration should be better managed to restore the dynamism of societies."

Ian Goldin is the Oxford University Professor of Globalization and Development and founding director of the Oxford Martin School, the world’s leading center for interdisciplinary research into critical global challenges, where he has established forty-five research programs. Previously, he was vice president of the World Bank and its Head of Policy, responsible for its collaboration with the United Nations and key partners. He served as adviser to President Nelson Mandela, has been knighted by the French government, and is the author of three BBC series. Ian has been an advisor to numerous businesses, governments, and foundations and is a founding trustee of the International Center for Future Generations and Chair of the CORE Econ initiative to transform economics. He is the author of twenty-five books, including Age of the City, which was selected by the Financial Times as one of its best books of 2023.

• PrefaceTimelineIntroductionPart 1: The Shortest History of MigrationThe First MigrantsPeopled PlanetEmpire and TradeVoyages of Discovery and DestructionSlaveryCoercion and ControlAge of Mass MigrationPassports and ProblemsWars, Mass Mobilization, and ExpulsionsMigrants in the Postwar WorldPart 2: Migration Today and TomorrowWho is a Migrant?Migration and the EconomyMigration and DevelopmentThe Future of MigrationAcknowledgmentsFurther ReadingEndnotesIndexAbout the Author

"A Financial Times Best Book of the Year for 2024A must read for our times . . . . Provides a powerful antidote to the harmful rhetoric around immigration, placing current debates in a historical context. It shows why migrants are essential to make America great again and how migration should be better managed to restore the dynamism of societies."