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🗓️ 16 March 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews looks back on a week of economic turbulence and asks whether we should be worried, for her cover piece in the magazine. She is joined by the economist – and former 'Trussketeer' – Julian Jessop, to discuss whether we are entering a new era of economic uncertainty (01:06).
Also this week:
In the magazine, The Spectator’s deputy features editor Gus Carter says that the culture of toxic masculinity has gone too far, and that young men are being marginalised in schools and online as they are repeatedly told that they are a danger to women. He is joined by the Times columnist Hugo Rifkind, to explore how today's sexual politics is impacting young men (13:21).
And finally:
In the books section of the magazine, Philip Hensher reviews Oliver Soden’s new biography of the actor, writer, singer and playwright Noel Coward. Oliver joins the podcast alongside regular Spectator contributor Alexander Larman to consider Coward's life and legacy (27:44).
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| 0:19.5 | Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator, |
| 0:27.2 | where each week we look at three pieces from the magazine with the writers behind them. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm Laura Prendergast, the Spectator's executive editor. |
| 0:34.6 | And I'm William Moore, the Spectator's features editor. |
| 0:37.5 | On this week's episode, we'll be asking whether we're entering a new era of economic |
| 0:41.4 | uncertainty. We'll be exploring how today's sexual politics are damaging young men, |
| 0:46.9 | and we'll be reflecting on the life and legacy of Noel Coward. |
| 0:50.0 | First up, in her cover piece for the magazine, our economics editor, Andrews looks back over a week of economic turbulence and asks whether we should be worried. |
| 0:59.9 | She joins us now, alongside the economist and former trusceteer, Julian Jessup. |
| 1:06.2 | Kate, the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank has spooked the markets this week. |
| 1:12.6 | What happened? |
| 1:14.8 | Sure. So there's been a mini regional banking crisis in America as it became clear that Silicon Valley Bank, |
| 1:23.2 | which is used by a lot of tech companies and tech investors was heavily tied into government bonds |
| 1:29.6 | and as interest rates have been rising, the value of those bonds has been falling and there |
| 1:35.1 | were jitters and there was eventually run on the bank. It's led to its collapse. It's quite notable |
| 1:40.5 | that Silicon Valley Bank was actually hedging its bets against interest rate rises and |
| 1:45.6 | abandoned a lot of that last year. So I think there's been some irresponsible behavior there. |
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