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Oct 2022
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Trying to make sense of the UK economic ...

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What's happening in the UK right now has heads spinning around the globe. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is already scrambling to survive. Her new chancellor Jeremy Hunt today brought down the axe on nearly all of her tax-cutting plan after it sent the markets spiraling. To make sense of all of this, Christiane spoke to Rory Stewart, former conservative party MP and cabinet minister, and economist Mariana Mazzucato. 

Also on today's show: Frank Tsai, the founder of China Crossroads, which works closely with academic and business figures in China; Rana Faroohar, a global economic analyst for CNN and columnist at the Financial Times; actor Jeremy Strong and director James gray discuss their new movie Armageddon Time.

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