On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Sir Vince Cable, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, about his new book ‘Money & Power: The World Leaders Who Changed Economics’. He discusses the prominent role of the most iconic figures of the 20th century in shifting economics, including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and certain myths we associate with him, and Soviet Union founder and Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. Cable explains how Lenin’s biggest impact wasn’t on the Soviet Union, but rather on Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, whose policies were inspired by his New Economic Policy and heralded the rise of China’s economy, the rise of neoliberalism and Margaret Thatcher’s election. Cable also discusses Brexit and the lobbying scandal currently rocking the UK government.
