• What happens when an economist becomes prime minister?

  • Apr 9 2025
  • Length: 9 mins
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What happens when an economist becomes prime minister?

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  • Today on the show, we meet Canada's new Prime Minister, economist Mark Carney.

    What's it like when your former job — being a non-political banker who decides a country's interest rate — bleeds into your now-political decisions on everything?

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