New British finance minister Jeremy Hunt scraps mini-budget in effort to restore economic stability. Also, the explosive Iranian-made drones over Kyiv; a harrowing report on the drought in Somalia; and the K-Pop band going for military service.
(Photo: British PM Liz Truss leaves the Houses of Parliament in London. Credit: Reuters)
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Trump's stand-off with the Federal Reserve bank
A US central bank governor, Lisa Cook, has launched legal proceedings to try to thwart President Trump's attempt to fire her. We get the latest on Trump's attempt to keep the bank to heel, and speak to a former senior economist at the Fed, Kenneth Rogoff. Also in the programme, t ... Show More
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Oct 2022
Economic anarchy in the UK
Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the UK, was determined to change the British economy. Instead, her government's mini-budget helped kick off a mini-financial crisis.
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Sep 2022
The Economist Asks: Can Britain’s new prime minister solve an economic crisis?
The new leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, faces an enormous task. Britain is contending with soaring energy bills, double-digit inflation and the unresolved backwash of Brexit. Host Anne McElvoy asks Lord Razzall and former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith about her path ... Show More
36m 55s