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It is fair to say that in the last three decades, the world has been run by economists. Their orthodoxy has dominated civil services, central banks and policy-making. But one might look at the world right now and say that economists have made a hash of things. The crash, the lack of growth since the crash and the failure of the economic system to deliver for everyone, all evidence that something is not working.

The last few decades have seen a huge reduction in human poverty in China and elsewhere, no mean achievement. But with everything that has gone wrong, you鈥檇 expect that economists would be rethinking their subject. And it turns out, they are.

We wanted to hear some political reflections on what the critics of economics are saying.

Our last interview is with Alistair Darling, the former Labour chancellor, who steered us through the financial crash. Does he think economics has gone awry?

(Photo: Former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling Credit: 麻豆社)