Adrian Wooldridge
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Adrian Wooldridge is the Management Editor and 'Schumpeter' columnist for The Economist
magazine. Until July 2009 he was The Economist's Washington
Bureau Chief and 'Lexington' columnist.
Wooldridge was educated at Balliol College, Oxford
, where he studied modern history, and was awarded a fellowship at All Souls College
, also at Oxford, where he received a doctorate in philosophy
in 1985. From 1984 to 1985 he was also a Harkness Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley
http://www.leighbureau.com/speaker.asp?id=377.
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The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
magazine. Until July 2009 he was The Economist's Washington
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Bureau Chief and 'Lexington' columnist.
Wooldridge was educated at Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
, where he studied modern history, and was awarded a fellowship at All Souls College
All Souls College, Oxford
The Warden and the College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford or All Souls College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England....
, also at Oxford, where he received a doctorate in philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in 1985. From 1984 to 1985 he was also a Harkness Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
http://www.leighbureau.com/speaker.asp?id=377.
Publications
Co-wrote (with fellow Economist journalist John MicklethwaitJohn Micklethwait
John Micklethwait is the editor-in-chief of The Economist.-Biography:Micklethwait was born in 1962 and educated at the independent school Ampleforth College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied history. He worked for Chase Manhattan Bank for two years and joined The Economist in 1987...
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- The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus
- The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea
- A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
- The Right Nation: Conservative Power in AmericaThe Right NationThe Right Nation is a book published in 2004 which charts the rise of the Republican Party in the United States since Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964...
- God is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the WorldGod is BackGod is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World is a book by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge which argues against the secularization thesis and claims that there a global revival of faith has started in the late twentieth century....
External links
- Journalist profile at The Economist
- Adrian Wooldridge's final Lexington column