John Grahl is a British academic and professor.

Grahl was brought-up in Burntisland

Burntisland

Burntisland is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland on the Firth of Forth. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the town has a population of 5,940....

, Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

, and was educated at Kirkcaldy High School

Kirkcaldy High School

Kirkcaldy High School is a comprehensive state school in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Kirkcaldy High school was admitted to the "Schools of Ambition" programme in 2007....

 between 1957 and 1964. He gained a masters degree in economics from Edinburgh University before moving to London where he gained a second masters in economics from Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

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He was a lecturer at Queen Mary and Westfield College

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

, and London Metropolitan University

London Metropolitan University

London Metropolitan University , located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London and the London Guildhall University . The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington.The University operates its...

, and became Professor of Human Resources Management at Middlesex University

Middlesex University

Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...

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Grahl is a member of the working group for an 'Alternative Economic Policy in Europe', and author of European Monetary Union: Problems of Legitimacy, Development and Stability' (Kogan Page

Kogan Page

Kogan Page Publishers is a publishing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.Kogan is Europe's largest independent publisher of business books...

, London, 2001), and After Maastricht: a Guide to European Monetary Union (Lawrence and Wishart

Lawrence and Wishart

Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936, through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned liberal and anti-fascist publisher.It publishes the journals...

, London, 1997). He has published numerous articles on economics, such as those in the left wing 'New Left Review

New Left Review

New Left Review is a 160-page journal, published every two months from London, devoted to world politics, economy and culture. Often compared to the French-language Les Temps modernes, it is associated with Verso Books , and regularly features the essays of authorities on contemporary social...

' and the French monthly 'Le Monde Diplomatique

Le Monde diplomatique

Le Monde diplomatique is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first created mainly for a diplomatic audience as its name implies...

'.

Grahl has lived in Newham

London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the towns of West Ham and East Ham, within East London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames. According to 2006 estimates, Newham has one of the highest ethnic minority populations of all the...

, East London

London

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 for over twenty-five years, and is married with four children.

He is a friend of artist and teacher John Bowstead

John Bowstead

John Bowstead is an English artist, and contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.In 1962, while studying at Coventry School of Art , Bowstead won the Reuters Prize for "Young Contemporaries", alongside Maurice Agis, David Hockney and Peter Phillips. This led to the exhibition "Four Young...

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