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website of Bill Emmott
I am a writer and consultant best known for my 13 years as editor-in-chief of The Economist (1993-2006) as well as for my books and films on Japan and Italy. My latest book, out in 2017, was “The Fate of the West” about the future of liberalism. These days, I am a “Brexile” living in Ireland, though I also spend time in Oxford, and am chairman of the Wake Up Foundation, a charity I co-founded with the film-maker Annalisa Piras, as well as of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Japan Society of the UK, and Trinity College Dublin’s Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute. This site carries my articles, videos, speeches and books, as well as my 2050 Index looking at the long-term strengths and prospects of western societies.
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Japan's Far More Female Future
Latest book by Bill Emmott examining the future role of women in Japan.
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Political Crisis in Britain and Italy
31.08.19 Publication: Mainichi Shimbun
In Europe, we are facing two political crises at the same time, both of which stimulate reflections on the nature of constitutions and the current populist...
Read moreFive Star’s Identity at a Crossroads
30.08.19 Publication: La Stampa
What is a populist political party, what is its purpose and how worried should we be? Those questions have been buzzing around in the heads of political...
Read moreWhy Women Will Shape Japan’s Furture
29.07.19 Publication: Nikkei Business
Women will determine the future of Japan’s economy and of many Japanese businesses. That is the proposition I have put forward in a new book which was...
Read moreThe 2050 Index
In too many countries, politics and policy making is addicted to the short term. To help foster the longer-term thinking we all need, in 2017 I worked out this index, together with James Fransham of The Economist, which ranks 35 advanced western countries according to 25 different measures, grouped under the themes of demography, knowledge, innovation, globalization and resilience. I will be publishing an updated version in 2019.
See the 2050 IndexLatest Film: Cambridge Union April 26 2019
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The fate of the West
Until now, Japan’s politics, economy and society have been dominated by men. The future promises to be different, as demographic realities and the growing number of women graduating from higher education since the early 1990s steadily change organisational structures and culture. How well the country adapts to this will determine whether in the 2020s, 30s […]
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