Eclipsing the West w/ Sir Vince Cable

About this episode

Will interviews Sir Vince Cable about his book discussing the rise of China and India and its implications for the West.

In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Sir Vince Cable to discuss his new book Eclipsing the West: China, India and the forging of a new world. They discuss how the economies of China and India have increased, their relationships with the UK, the amount of centralisation in their countries as compared to the UK and what China and India's increasing dominance means for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Will

Guest: Sir Vince Cable

Topics covered

• China
• India
• economics
• global dominance
• UK relations
• centralization

Keywords

• Vince Cable
• Eclipsing the West
• China
• India
• economy
• UK
• global relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liberal Democrats, Acast

Books & works: Eclipsing the West

Places: China, India, UK

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