Tom Wainwright
Journalist and Economist editor
Tom Wainwright is a journalist at The Economist, where he has served as Britain Editor and as bureau chief in Mexico City. He wrote Narconomics.
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Born in the United Kingdom
About Tom Wainwright
Tom Wainwright joined The Economist in 2007, working in the Britain section on crime and justice, migration and social affairs. In 2010 he became its Mexico City bureau chief, covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. He later returned to London, working as Homepage Editor and International Correspondent before becoming Britain Editor in 2015. His writing has also appeared in the Times, the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. Before The Economist, he trained at the Daily Express. He studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University and graduated in 2004. His book in our catalog is Narconomics.