Ralph Miliband Series on The Future of Global Capitalism
Date: Wednesday 11 November 2009
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Will Hutton
Chair: Professor David Held
Will Hutton is executive vice chair of the Work Foundation taking up this position in mid 2008 having served as chief executive since 2000. He began his career as a stockbroker and investment analyst, before working in BBC TV and radio as a producer and reporter. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four years as editor in chief of the Observer and he continues to write a weekly column for the paper.
Will has written several best-selling economic books including The World We're In, The State We're In, The State to Come, The Stakeholding Society and On The Edge with Anthony Giddens. In addition, he won the Political Journalist of the Year award in 1993.
Other roles Will performs outside The Work Foundation include: Member of the government's Advisory Panel on New Industry, New Jobs, Universities and Skills (August 2009); Fellow and Governor at the London School of Economics and Political Science; Honorary Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford; Visiting Professor, Manchester University Business School and Bristol University and is a member of the Scott Trust. He is also a Fellow of the Sunningdale Institute.
Will's latest book, The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century, was published in the UK in January 2007.
This event is supported by the LSE Annual Fund.
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