Stephen King

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Stephen King, the influential economist, writer and Former Chief Economist to HSBC bank. The Western world's position as the dominant force in global politics and economics is confused and uncertain. In the past week, elections in the UK and France have pointed to fractures in Europe. President Trump's worldview, and that of Angela Merkel, are poles apart. The western consensus on liberal economics and globalisation is at loggerheads. Is globalisation stuck in reverse gear?