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105. Talking US Politics (with Edward Luce)
A commentary on our times
Speakers
Edward Luce, who is one of the most highly regarded commentators on US politics in the world, talks about the dynamics of US politics, and the impact of the newly elected US government on the world, especially on India.
This episode was originally streamed live on March 12th, 2021 as the annual Girish Karnad Memorial Lecture. One of the leading and most prestigious events on the calendar, the New India Foundation Annual Lecture has facilitated debate on important social issues, with talks featuring renowned scholars and thinkers.
Speakers
Edward Luce
Edward Luce is the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times. Before that he was the FT’s Washington Bureau chief. Other roles have included South Asia bureau chief, Capital Markets editor, and Philippines Correspondent. Luce was previously the speechwriter for the US Treasury Secretary, Lawrence H. Summers, in the Clinton administration.
Ed has worked for the FT since 1995 as Philippines correspondent, capital markets editor, South Asia bureau chief in New Delhi and Washington bureau chief between 2006 and 2011. He writes a weekly column, FT’s leaders/editorials on American politics and the economy and other articles.
He is the author of three highly acclaimed books, The Retreat of Western Liberalism (2017), Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent (2012), and In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India (2007).He appears regularly on CNN, NPR, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and the BBC.
