Tuesday 8 August

Monocle’s Andrew Mueller is joined for a lively discussion with journalist Vincent McAviney and founder of China Dialogue Isabel Hilton. They talk through the global impact of China’s economic slowdown, Ireland’s options for managing a budget surplus and the ethics of cashless societies. Plus: Japan mulls over transport etiquette as it phases out snack carts on some bullet trains and Andrew reflects on the 1963 Great Train Robbery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.