{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/1cd58f80-9120-465c-9422-b0e5d5728d69?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pandemics and the politics of printing money: Economic history with Duncan Weldon","description":"<p>Stephen Bush interviews economist, journalist, and author Duncan Weldon on his new book <em>Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through</em>.&nbsp;They talk through the lessons learned, and not learned from British political and economic history, whether the response to the pandemic will be a turning point in UK politics, and why writing a book is a bit like having a child.</p><p><br></p><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, please email <a href=\"mailto:Podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}