Thought I knew the name. He's a bright boy. Below is from the UWA
"From inauspicious beginnings, China has become a $2 trillion economy. But China's transition is fraught with problems. The mix of communist party system and part-capitalist economy is fast approaching crisis point. Will Hutton maintains that western leaders must act now for the future stability of the world.
Will Hutton is Chief Executive of The Work Foundation and a columnist (and former editor in chief) for the Observer. He was also Chief Executive of the Industrial Society. From 1990 to 1996 he had been economics editor of the Guardian. A former stockbroker, Will Hutton spent ten years with the BBC and from 1983 to 1988 was economics correspondent for BBC 2's 'Newsnight'.
He was nominated Political Journalist of the Year by Granada TV's 'What the Papers Say' for his coverage of the 1992 ERM crisis.
His latest book on China is titled The Writing on the Wall. Other books include The Revolution That Never Was, on Keynesian economics (1986), No 1 business best seller The State We're In, (1995) a remarkable insight into national institutions of Britain and questions their suitability to lead Britain into the next millennium.
Mr Hutton is a member of the governing council of the Policy Studies Institute, the Institute for Political Economy and Charter 88. He is on the editorial board of New Economy and is a governor of the London School of Economics.
Will Hutton is an outstanding and lively speaker and is enormously respected for his ideas on current European and global economic issues.
Will Hutton is in Australia as a guest of the Sydney Writers Festival.
074058 Tue 7.30-9pm Jun 5 $29 (web $24) Bookings essential:
www.extension.uwa.edu.au or phone 6488 2433 "
Oh and WW, he's here too
http://evatt.labor.net.au/news/65.html not that you would set foot in enemy territory
MC