Podcasts | The Economist asks

Is this the era of slowbalisation?

In this week's podcast our editors discuss why globalisation has run out of steam

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Anne McElvoy asks our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton-Beddoes, and Patrick Foulis, our business-affairs editor, why globalisation has run out of steam—and what will future economic growth look like?

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