Michele Wucker was a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York, where she specialised in immigration and Latin American economies. She is the author of Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Right (PublicAffairs, May 2006) and Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola (Hill & Wang, 1999/2000). She lectures frequently about immigration, Latin America, international economics and business, and has written for and been interviewed by many of the world's leading media. Her website is here.

Recent articles

The United States would benefit itself and the world by learning from the errors of its past immigration policies, says Michele Wucker.

Argentina is slowly emerging from the devastating economic collapse it suffered in late 2001. But to avoid a repetition, reforms in the way global financial institutions anticipate and manage crises are essential. Does the International Monetary Fund have the imagination, the depth of understanding, and the humility to learn from history?