Money FM podcast: Read with Michelle Martin: Vikram Khanna
Money FM podcast: Read with Michelle Martin: Vikram Khanna, Headwinds and Hazards
Read with Michelle Martin: Vikram Khanna, Headwinds and Hazards
18:45 mins
Synopsis: Why do populist policies often tend to end badly with hyper-inflation and failed economies? How will the current populist trend play out in the West? Vikram Khanna, associate editor of The Straits Times and author of Headwinds and Hazards: Economic Snapshots in an Age of Populism explains. He also shares why he thinks Singapore's participation in the Belt-and-Road initiative will encourage China to possibly improve its lending practices.
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