Will Hutton is Chair of the Big Innovation Centre. He was previously editor-in-chief of the Observer, and is the author of many books, including the bestselling The State We're In.

"His optimism is unquenchable, his excitement exhilarating and his creativity awesome" Observer "If Will Hutton were a political party I would vote for him" -- David Aaronovitch Independent "Passionately sane, rich in ideas, The State We're In breathes human sense back into economics and eloquently embodies the spirit of a new optimism" Ian McEwan "Hutton acknowledges two great influences: J.M. Keynes and J.K. Galbraith... Hutton's bestseller will do for their theories what Stephen Hawking did for cosmology in A Brief History of Time" -- Martin Vander Weyer Daily Telegraph "Now, in Will Hutton's book, we have at last what we need - an impassioned, and passionately cogent, critique of New Right policy" -- John Gray Guardian