Bill Emmott

Bill Emmott (born August 6, 1956) is an English journalist.

Emmott was educated at Latymer Upper School in London and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). After graduation, he worked for the "The Economist" newspaper in Brussels, Tokyo and London, becoming editor in March 1993. He resigned on 20 February 2006. During his tenure, the circulation of The Economist doubled from 500,000 to nearly 1,100,000 weekly sales. Also during this time, The Economist editorialized in favour of the Iraq war.

He is a member of the Trilateral Commission; a director of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group; a director of Development Consultants International, a Dublin-based aid consultancy; a member of the Swiss Re Chairman's Advisory Panel; and a member of the BBC World Service Governors' Consultative Committee. He is especially known for several well-received books about Japan.

Bill Emmott also wrote the best-selling book "The Sun Also Sets: The Limits to Japan's Economic Power" as well as "20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-First Century", "Japanophobia: The Myth of the Invincible Japanese" and his most recent book "Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape our Next Decade."

Bibliography

*cite book | last = Pennant-Rea | first = Rupert | authorlink = Rupert Pennant-Rea | coauthors = and Bill Emmott (eds.) | year = 1983 | title = The Pocket Economist | publisher = Cambridge | location = Cambridge University Press | id = ISBN 0-521-26070-1
*cite book | last = Emmott | first = Bill | year = 1989 | title = The Sun Also Sets: Why Japan Will Not Be Number One | publisher = Simon & Schuster | location = London | id = ISBN 0-671-69696-3
*cite book | last = Emmott | first = Bill | year = 1991 | title = Japan's Global Reach: The Influences, Strategies, and Weaknesses of Japan's Multinational Companies | publisher = Century | location = London | id = ISBN 0-7126-4928-X
*cite book | last = Emmott | first = Bill | year = 1993 | title = Japanophobia: The Myth of the Invincible Japanese | publisher = Times Books | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-8129-1907-6
*cite book | last = Emmott | first = Bill | translator Chikara Suzuki | year = 1996 | title = Kanryo no Taizai | publisher = Soshisha | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese; English title "The Deadly Sins of Government" | id = ISBN 4-7942-0702-6
*cite book | last = Emmott | first = Bill | coauthors = Koji Watanabe, and Paul Wolfowitz | year = 1997 | title = Managing the International System over the Next Ten Years: Three Essays | publisher = Trilateral Commission | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-930503-76-7
*cite book | last = Emmott | first = Bill | year = 2003 | title = 20:21 Vision: The Lessons of the 20th Century for the 21st | publisher = Allen Lane | location = London | id = ISBN 0-7139-9519-X
*cite book | last = Emmott | first = Bill (foreword) | year = 2005 | title = Changing Times: Leading Perspectives on the Civil Service in the 21st Century and Its Enduring Values | publisher = Office of the Civil Service Commissioners | location = London | id = ISBN 0-7115-0469-5
*Emmott, Bill (2006), translator=Masahiro Ugaya, title = 'Shin Ogon Jidai no Nihon', publisher = PHP Institute, Tokyo, language = Japanese; English title 'Japan's New Golden Age---of the coming 10 years', ISBN 4-569-65639-0

External links

* [http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/listing.cfm?journalistID=1 Short curriculum vitae at economist.com]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1210496.htm Interview with Emmott, ABC News (Australia)]
* [http://www.forbes.com/infoimaging/2003/02/14/cx_ml_0214chat.html Interview with Emmott, Forbes]
* [http://www.davidrowan.com/2004/11/interview-bill-emmott-economist.html Interview with Emmott, UK Evening Standard]
* [http://www.iop.harvard.edu/events_forum_archive_2003.html The Promise and Problems of American Power] - A Conversation With Bill Emmott
* [http://www.billemmott.com/ billemmott.com]
* [http://www.livemint.com/2007/04/07003858/Why-The-Economist-is-so-succes.html Why the Economist is so successful?]
* [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/bill_emmott Washington Post, PostGlobal Panelist]