Will Hutton
Will Hutton is a British writer, weekly columnist (and formerly editor-in-chief) for The Observer in London and currently Chief Executive of The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society). The analysis in his books is characterised by a support for the European Union and its potential, and a disdain for what he calls American conservatism -- defined as a certain attitude to markets, property and the social contract, among other factors.Hutton joined The Work Foundation as chief executive in 2000 when it was named the Industrial Society.[1] As well as a columist, author and Chief Executive, Hutton is currently a director of the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT)[1] and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)[1]; a governor of London School of Economics; a visiting professor at Manchester University Business School; and member of the Design Council's Millennium Commission.[1]
Hutton started out as a stock broker and investment analyst, before moving on to work in TV and radio, spending ten years with the BBC, including working as economics correspondent for Newsnight from 1983 to 1988. He spent four years as editor-in-chief at The Observer and director of the Guardian National Newspapers before joining the Industrial Society.
As an author, his best known and most influential works are The State We're In (an economic and political look at Britain in the 1990s from a social democratic point of view) and The World We're In (where he expanded his focus to the relationship between the United States and Europe, emphasising cultural and social differences between the two blocs).
He is married to Jane Hutton and has three children.
