“Debt is memory."
Ben Chu is a British journalist and commentator renowned for making complex economic ideas urgently intelligible. A former economics editor at The Independent and now a senior figure at BBC Newsnight, Chu has long challenged the austerity consensus with clarity and conviction.
His book Chinese Whispers dismantles Western myths about China’s rise, blending personal history with geopolitical insight. Whether unpacking the 2008 crash or exposing the social cost of fiscal orthodoxy, Chu’s work is grounded in a deep moral concern for how economic narratives shape everyday lives.
“A rare voice of lucidity in a fog of numbers.” - The Guardian
