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TOPICS
Economic Overview, Emerging Markets (BRIC)
SPEECH TITLES
The UK, Europe and China
BIOGRAPHY
Will Hutton is the executive vice chair and former chief executive of The Work Foundation, an independent, not for dividend research based consultancy which is the most influential voice on work, workplace and employment issues in Britain.
Will 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.
In 2004, Will was invited by the EU Commission to join a High-level Group on the mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy and he acted as rapporteur for the report.
In addition to his role at the The Work Foundation he serves as Governor of the London School of Economics; Honorary Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford; Visiting Professor, Manchester University Business School and Bristol University and is a member of the Scott Trust.
Will's latest works are acclaimed analyses of the current world economy, The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century, and Them and Us.
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Q & A
JLA: How well do you expect the economy to withstand public sector cuts?
WH: There are two tiers to the British economy. The first, based on the knowledge economy and strong world growth, will do well. The second (more than half the country) will fare poorly - hit by cuts and falling house prices.
JLA: Do we face a return to the North/South divide?
WH: Without doubt, smaller cities outside the South East are in profound trouble.
JLA: What do you make of localism?
WH: Localism without government funds risks becoming a pseudonym for cuts.
JLA: What shocks might still be lurking on the horizon?
WH: There's a great risk of a second financial crisis sparked by a) bankrupt US municipalities, b) Chinese banks exposed as loss making by a slowdown in Chinese economy, and c) restructuring of euro debt by distressed peripheral states. And there could easily be a second oil shock, caused by the political situation in Korea and Iran.
January 2011