Indebted: The Story Behind National Debt

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The nation's debt is in the news - headlines shout about borrowing, bonds and yields. Dharshini David speaks to debt managers, traders and watchers to explore how we should think about the UK's debt - its history, how it works, who owns it, and how worried we should be about it. Dharshini is joined by: Sir Robert Stheeman, former Chief Executive of the UK Debt Management Office Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive at the Resolution Foundation Sonja Laud, Chief Investment Officer at Legal and General Asset Management Richard Hughes, Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility Peter Blair Henry, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University Ralston Hyman, financial analyst and former member of Jamaica's Economic Programme Oversight Committee Presenter: Dharshini David Producer: Camellia Sinclair