Episode 1

In the first of a brand new series of conversation programmes about economics, Stephanie Flanders discusses the global financial crisis with a panel of top economic thinkers. Together they'll debate the future: how will the current crisis play out a decade from now? Will the euro even exist by then? What will happen to jobs and can Western economies expect to grow at all over the next few years? Stephanie will be joined this week by David Roche, President of Independent Strategy, a global investment research firm, Nicola Horlick, Chief Executive of Bramdean Asset Management and Will Hutton, Chair of the Big Innovation Centre, a new think tank set up by the Work Foundation.

Producer: Caroline Bayley
Editor: Stephen Chilcott.