[3] After graduation, she was recruited as an adviser to the minister of finance in Poland, in 1992,[4] as part of a small group headed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard.

She then spent two years as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where she worked on macroeconomic adjustment programmes in Africa and the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe.

[5][6] Secured by her appointment to the top editor position at The Economist, Minton Beddoes was described by the 2015 edition of Debrett's 500 as "one of the most influential voices in financial journalism".

She has also appeared on CNN, the BBC World Service, Charlie Rose,[11] PBS NewsHour, CNBC, NBC and Real Time with Bill Maher.

[13] In 2015, Minton Beddoes was one of 133 invitees to the 63rd Bilderberg conference, an invitation-only meeting of top business leaders, politicians, academics and royalty, for an informal and secret discussion of world issues.