Should we be optimistic about the next ten years?

Loyal listeners will know that as well as our concise daily political analysis, Coffee House Shots often delves deeper into the issues of the day. We don’t shy away from fierce debates on controversial issues. The most legendary of these debates have been between our former editor Fraser Nelson and economics editor Kate Andrews.

As a parting gift to listeners before Fraser passes on the editor’s pen, Cindy Yu hosts a final contest between these two worthy debaters on whether we should be optimistic about the next ten years.

Has there ever been a better time to be alive, as Fraser argues? Or should we be concerned about the growing threat to civil liberties, volatile markets and foreign policies, the failure to grapple with migration and the looming birth rate crisis? 

Produced by Cindy Yu and Oscar Edmondson.