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The Economist.

From The Economist in London, this is Money Talks, a weekly programme about news in the world of business, finance

and economics.

I'm Edward McBride, the finance editor.

W worries about the Chinese economy continue to drag down stock markets everywhere.

The depreciation of the UN has stoked fears of a currency war

and the price of oil among other commodities

is the lowest it's been in a decade.

There's no shortage of warnings about imminent disaster.

Larry Summers says markets understand better than policy makers what a sorry state the world economy is in.

George Soros thinks it's like 2008 all over again,

and George Osborne, Britain's's Chancellor has called 2016 a

cocktail of risks. With me today to discuss the anxiety gripping the markets are

Philip Cogan, our Buttonwood columnist and Ryan Avent, our Free Exchange columnist. Philip we'd imagined. When it comes to stock market regulation at any rate they seem to be

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