{"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-e0024facd926/63c1445933f3c000113b4b78?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Britain’s economy has never been worse, with Duncan Weldon","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Will Dunn, the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>’s business editor, is joined by the journalist and former political adviser Duncan Weldon to discuss how <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2023/01/britain-decline-inflation-growth-uk-government\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Britain is facing a decline like never before.&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p>They talk about the country’s long history of economic woe and what we can learn from it, why we are feeling the current crisis more acutely than our neighbours, and if this calls for big ideas or – as Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng attempted in their disastrous mini-Budget – suffers from them.</p><p><br></p><p>If you’ve got a question for You Ask Us, go to newstatesman.com/youaskus&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast listeners can subscribe to the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>&nbsp;for just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/podcastoffer</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}