Exodus: how migration is changing our world [Text] / trans. from English N. Edelman. – M.: Gaidar Institute Publishing House, 2016. – 384 pp. This is one of the most pressing and controversial issues of our time, causing heated debate and deeply imbued with ideology. Who should be allowed to immigrate and who should not? What are the arguments for and against limiting the number of immigrants? In Exodus, the eminent economist Paul Collier clearly and succinctly describes the consequences of encouraging or discouraging migration. Drawing on original research and numerous case studies, he examines the issue from three perspectives: the migrants themselves, the people they leave behind, and the societies to which they immigrate. As Collier shows, immigrants from the world's poorest countries tend to be the most educated and ambitious. And while these people often achieve economic success by leaving their home countries, they also deprive those countries of the professionals they desperately need. Without controls, immigration can only accelerate: the poorest countries will face a real mass exodus. Immigration is a simple economic equation, but it has complex consequences. "Exodus" shows how important immigration and its consequences will be for public policy in the coming years and decades.