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About: "Bill Emmott is an independent writer and consultant on international affairs, based in London and Somerset. He was Editor of The Economist, the world's leading weekly magazine on current affairs and business, from 1993 until 2006" - http://www.billemmott.com/biography.php
Education: After studying politics, philosophy and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1975-78, Bill moved to Nuffield College to do postgraduate research into the French Communist party's spell in government in 1944-47...
Career: ... before completing that, however, in 1980 he joined The Economist's Brussels office, writing about EEC affairs and the Benelux countries. In 1982 he became the paper's economics correspondent in London and the following year moved to Tokyo to cover Japan and South Korea. In mid-1986 he returned to London as the finance editor and in January 1989 he became business affairs editor, responsible for all the paper's coverage of business, finance and science. He was appointed Editor in March 1993. When he left in March 2006, The Economist's circulation was almost 1.1m worldwide, having more than doubled in the previous 13 years. (As of mid-2010, the worldwide circulation had reached 1.4m.) He is now an independent writer, speaker and consultant, based in London and Somerset. His website is Bill Emmott.com
Current position/role: Independent writer and consultant on international affairs, writes regular columns on international affairs for The Times in Britain and La Stampa in Italy. He has also written frequently for Corriere della Sera, Italy's top daily newspaper; Exame, Brazil's leading business magazine; for two Japanese monthly magazines, Ushio and Voice; and for the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan's biggest-selling daily newspapers
- also writes/written for: The Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Newsweek, Washington Post and BusinessWorld (India's leading business magazine)
Other roles/Main role: chairman of the London Library
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Articles:
- Firewalls won’t help Europe avoid the iceberg - Capital injections will be futile unless a sharper distinction is made between Greece and the rest of the eurozone - 10th October 2011
- Default or deeper union? Whatever. Just do it - The eurozone can’t go on staggering from crisis to crisis. Britain and the world need a solution soon, or we all go down - 26th September 2011
- The world economy is Osama’s biggest victim - The most lasting consequence of the 9/11 terror atrocity was the financial crash and today’s economic mess - 5th September 2011
- Here is the world forecast: plenty of sunshine - There is good news coming out of China, India, Brazil and Japan. There are even bright spots in the West - 22nd August 2011
- US downgrading? The real worry is EU default - America is largely safe - The eurozone, though, faces a stark choice: take collective action or kick out the dead weights - 8th August 2011
- It’s their Tea Party and the world is not invited - More Americans agree with this conservative group than we think. The threat of default could easily be replaced with isolationism - 1st August 2011
- Italy’s financial woes: it’s bonds and bailouts, not just Berlusconi - Italian troubles are the symptom of a wider crisis, one that could affect the eurozone for some time - 18th July 2011
- These dynastic dictatorships are doomed - Family-run regimes, unlike China’s, are too rigid to adapt to the changing nature of the countries they rule - 4th July 2011
- Ring-fencing banks: are you sure that’s wise, sir? - George Osborne has promised to protect high-street banks from a crash, but there are holes in his argument -20th June 2011
- Toxic Berlusconi’s career is finally at an end - After humiliating local elections, the Italian Prime Minister is a political vegetable — one that’s riddled with E. coli - 6th June 2011
- Situation vacant: Europeans need not apply - With the eurozone in crisis, it is vital that the next head of the IMF must come from outside the old continent - 23rd May 2011
- Memo on reform: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it - Before pursuing their pet policies the Lib Dems and Scottish Nationalists must explain why they are necessary - 9th May 2011
- The end of the golden age will soon be with us - The dramatic rise in precious metal prices is not a sign of Western inflation but of turmoil in the Middle East - 25th April 2011
- Will Japan bloom or wither in the aftershock? - The world’s newshounds have moved on, but as the cherry blossoms open up, so do opportunities for radical change - 11th April 2011
- Take your europoison. You’ll feel better later - This crisis won’t kill the euro, so Britain should help with the bailout now to avoid a deadlier bill in future - 28th March 2011
- The party animal is ruining Italy’s birthday - It’s not regional jealousies but the Berlusconi brand of politics that is muting celebrations - 17th March 2011
- Prepare for a backlash against nuclear power - While Japan looks to rebuild physically, economically and politically, the world anxiously watches Fukushima - 14th March 2011
- Libyan tremors will be felt as far away as China - The Arab awakening could profoundly affect policy in Beijing and London, and herald a new dawn for the EU - 28th February 2011
- Obama’s riddle: withdraw or keep military aid? - America must stay unequivocally on the side of freedom and reform. That means making a break with the past - 31st January 2011
- Britain will suffer if it doesn’t help the euro - We’re all in the European debt crisis together, like it or not. The Prime Minister doesn’t seem to realise this - 17th January 2011
- Freedom needs a champion. Let it be Britain - Obama isn’t in a position to advance Western values but we could be. We just ought to put our house in order first - 3rd January 2011
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