John Micklethwait is the Editor-in-Chief ofThe Economist. After studying history at Magdalen College, Oxford, he worked as a banker at Chase Manhattan between 1985 and 1987 before joiningThe Economistas a finance correspondent in 1987. Since then his roles atThe Economisthave included setting up the bureau in Los Angeles, where he worked from 1990-93; being the newspaper's media correspondent; editing the business section; running the New York bureau; and editing the United States section.The Economistnow has a circulation of over 1.4 million worldwide.