John Grahl (born 24 August 1946) is a Scottish academic and professor.
Grahl was brought-up in Burntisland, Fife, and was educated at Kirkcaldy High School between 1957 and 1964. He gained a master's degree in economics from the University of Edinburgh before moving to London where he gained a second masters in economics from Queen Mary, University of London. He was a lecturer at Queen Mary and Westfield College, and London Metropolitan University, and became Professor of European Integration in the Human Resources Department at Middlesex University.[1]
Grahl is a member of the working group for an 'Alternative Economic Policy in Europe',[2] and author of European Monetary Union: Problems of Legitimacy, Development and Stability' (Kogan Page, London, 2001), and After Maastricht: a Guide to European Monetary Union (Lawrence and Wishart, London, 1997). He has published articles on economics in the left wing 'New Left Review'[3] [4] [5] and the French monthly 'Le Monde Diplomatique'.[6]
Grahl lives in Newham, East London, and is married with four children and three grandchildren.