Will Hutton is chief executive of the Work Foundation, an independent, not-for-dividend research-based consultancy. Will began his career as an 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 economics books including The World We’re In, The State We’re In, and his latest book, The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st century, was published in the UK in January 2007 by Little, Brown. 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.