‘Chimerica’ the Beautiful

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Our guest, Niall Ferguson, once coined the term “Chimerica” to describe the American-Chinese relationship. What did he mean, and where does he think this week’s talks between U.S. and Chinese officials will lead? Niall Ferguson, a Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School, joins us.

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