Ultimately, the authors conclude that management theory, spread by self-proclaimed management "gurus", has been more helpful than not, both in the private and public sectors. In The Witch Doctors, M&W retrace the history of management theory beginning with Peter Drucker. Using factual and anecdotal evidence, they argue that the US is ultimately a "right" nation, and thus it is only natural that the Republican party, which embraces the dogmas of the "right", will continue its march toward dominance in the struggle between America's two main political parties. In The Right Nation, M&W retrace the historical underpinnings that constitute the current form of the "right-wing" party in America. Yet again Mickelthwaite and Wooldridge have managed successfully to make sense of a growing and confusing trend in American society that has broader societal implications as other countries converge to the American way of doing things. Micklethwait was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to journalism and economics. This group consists of an assembly of notable politicians, industrialists and financiers who meet annually to discuss issues on a non-disclosure basis. He was also a delegate, along with two colleagues, at the 2010 Bilderberg Conference held in Spain. In 2015 he was appointed as a Trustee of the British Museum. Micklethwait has frequently appeared on CNN, ABC News, BBC, C-SPAN, PBS and NPR. He was named Editors' Editor by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2010. He has covered business and politics from the United States, Latin America, Continental Europe, Southern Africa and most of Asia.Īppointed as editor-in-chief on 23 March 2006, the first issue of The Economist published under his editorship was released on 7 April 2006.
His other roles have included setting up an office in Los Angeles for The Economist, where he worked from 1990 to 1993. Before that, he edited the Business Section of the newspaper for four years. Prior to becoming editor-in-chief, he was United States editor of the publication and ran the New York Bureau for two years. He worked for Chase Manhattan Bank for two years and joined The Economist in 1987. Micklethwait was born in 1962, in London, and was educated at Ampleforth College (an independent school) and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied history. A British journalist, he was previously the editor-in-chief of The Economist from 2006 to 2015. Richard John Micklethwait CBE (born 11 August 1962) is editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, a position he has held since February 2015.
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