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Well, America will soon have a new president. Joe Biden, the former vice president, is poised to win a majority of the electoral college

votes, not to mention the popular vote and oppose Donald Trump as president.

But he won't have carte blanche.

At best, his party, the Democrats, will have a slim majority in the Senate.

That means he'll need to tack to the center on economic, tax, and industrial policy.

And he'll need to choose a cabinet of moderates who can squeak past Senate confirmation.

On the eve of Biden's historic win, I spoke to Swaha Patnick, our global economics editor in London,

and John Foley, our U.S. editor in New York.

Give a listen. Okay, John Foley, our U.S. editor in New York. Give a listen.

Okay, John Foley, there you are, New York, Swaha, in London.

If you're like me, you haven't had much sleep over the past few days.

If we've been watching, as we've been watching the ballots come in and every state,

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