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Are Western economies 'losing control'?

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Chief economist of HSBC Stephen King has said that the West is losing control of its economic destiny and by the 2050s and 2060s will be a shadow of its former economic self.

Mr King, and economics commentator for The Times Anatole Kaletsky, debate the prediction.


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