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We’ve heard enough from the pessimists. Yes, these are hard times, but what investors, business owners and all of us need right now is not more despair about the economy, but a clear roadmap towards growth and prosperity. On October 20, Jeremy Hunt comes to the Intelligence Squared stage to share his vision of how we can achieve economic renewal.

Hunt’s optimism is grounded in the authority of experience. As a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Health Secretary, he held some of the most demanding government offices during an extraordinarily turbulent time in recent history. Drawing on the themes of his new book Can We Be Great Again?, he will challenge the fatalism that dominates so much of today’s public debate. While candid about Britain’s weaknesses, he will argue that on issues ranging from European security and global trade to climate, migration and the future of democracy, the UK still has the potential to lead — if it chooses to act like a country that matters.

Hunt will be in conversation with BBC journalist Jonny Dymond for this next instalment of the Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook series, in partnership with Guinness Global Investors. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion with one of Britain’s most experienced leaders on how the country can get back on track, at home and on the world stage.

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Praise for Jeremy Hunt’s Can We Be Great Again?

‘Jeremy Hunt points the way to how we British can recover our confidence – at a crucial time in world affairs when we are going to need it’ – William Hague

‘The message in this book is urgent and Jeremy delivers it with force and style: in politics and technology Britain has unique strengths at one of history’s turning points’ – Tony Blair

This is an uplifting book … Its exceptional wisdom, pragmatism and modesty were forged through national crises during which desperate leaders, first Boris Johnson, then Liz Truss, chose [Hunt] as the minister to salvage the situation. Hunt’s title poses a crucial question. He answers it with a resounding ‘yes’. – Paul Collier