The second episode of our Perspectives series, ‘The world today’, features eminent historian Sir Niall Ferguson in-conversation with Stephen King, HSBC’s Senior Economic Adviser, discussing the world today and learnings from the past.

Watch or listen to their discussion on geopolitics and the global economy – including US-China and US-Russia relations, European security, and learnings on economic policy from the Nixon shock.

This episode was recorded behind the scenes of the HSBC Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong on 25 March 2025. Find out more here: grp.hsbc/gis

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