Aditya Chakrabortty to Answer Reader Questions on Economics and Democracy
The Guardian's senior economics correspondent, Aditya Chakrabortty, is scheduled to answer reader questions online at 2pm GMT (9am EDT) on Friday, 29 October 2026. According to the Guardian, the discussion will cover economics, democracy and the future of British and global politics.
Readers were asked to email their questions to conversations@theguardian.com. The discussion opens at 8am GMT on Friday, and readers can take part after signing up or signing in.
Chakrabortty was awarded an MBE, a national honour in the United Kingdom, for services to public understanding of the economy and wider social issues, the Guardian reports. Source
Last month he launched Radical Thinking, a Saturday podcast in which he interviews major thinkers about ideas that have shaped the present day. Episodes listed by the Guardian include a conversation with Yanis Varoufakis on democracy and the Eurozone crisis. The Eurozone is the group of European countries that use the euro as their currency.
Other episodes feature Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, who spoke with him about Gaza, fascism and climate chaos. In another, playwright James Graham discussed doomscrolling, the habit of endlessly scrolling through distressing news on a phone, and its links to democracy.
