One of Britain’s better-known economic forecasters, Roger Bootle, set up his consultancy Capital Economics 25 years ago. He made his name predicting the “death of inflation” on which he wrote an influential book in the 1990s. Neil and Jonathan talk to Bootle about the importance of economic history, favourite writers, monetarism, bright spots in the world economy, and Britain’s many problems with growth.

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Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins with Philip Augar. Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot in association with Briefcase.News.