2 July 2020
35 minutes
In a special bonus edition of the programme, Ludovic Subran, chief economist at Allianz, joins Monocle’s Josh Fehnert to take a look beyond the horizon at the shifting sands of the global economy. As a key decision-maker and researcher at the world’s largest insurer and asset manager, Subran knows more than most about human behaviour, the global economy and the risks and rewards we’re all facing.
2 July 2020
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