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Has Brexit Finally Arrived? The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes Explains.

Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist, joins Deep Dish to explain how the United Kingdom fell into their current predicament and what to expect next.
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More than 1,200 days have passed since Britain's referendum to leave the European Union, but little has been decided in that time about how Brexit will actually take place. As the Oct. 31 deadline nears and Boris Johnson's government tries to negotiate a deal at the wire, the editor-in-chief of The Economist joins Deep Dish to explain how the United Kingdom fell into this predicament and what to expect next.

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Brian Hanson
Former Vice President, Studies
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Brian Hanson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He managed the Council's research operations and hosted the Council's weekly podcast, Deep Dish on Global Affairs.
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Editor in Chief, The Economist
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Prior to her appointment as editor in chief of The Economist, Zanny Minton Beddoes oversaw global economics coverage as its economics editor. She previously worked as an economist for the International Monetary Fund and as an adviser to the Minister of Finance in Poland. She is a regular media commentator the BBC, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, CNN and CNBC and has published in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy.
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