[8] He approaches the issue from an internal perspective, as both an immigrant himself and a former resident of various areas of social deprivation.

[10] As of 2014[update], he describes his profession as economic research and writing on immigration as an unpaid hobby.

[12][13] He then coauthored SuperEntrepreneurs – and how your country can get them (the Centre for Policy Studies, 2014) with his brother Nima Sanandaji.

His fifth book, "Tio tusen miljarder: Skuldkalaset och den förträngda baksmällan" ("Ten Thousand Billions: The Debt Party and the Repressed Hangover"), is about Swedish fiscal policy.

Additionally, he has been profiled in Politico Europe,[6] and interviewed by Expressen,[3] Sveriges Radio,[19] NRK,[20] Dagbladet Information,[21] The Economist,[22] Al Jazeera,[23] and The New York Post.