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Lunch with the FT: top 10 interviews from 2020

Who called an FT writer a liar — then invited him to lunch? Who sold 1m copies of her debut book? Who is known as the ‘Darth Vader of Wall Street’? Savour the best of this year’s Lunches . . .

Stephanie Kelton: ‘They’re going to have massive deficits. And it’s fine’
The economist has long argued that governments should spend whatever it takes. Has her time now come?
Yan Lianke: ‘Propaganda is a nuclear bomb’
The Chinese novelist on life under censorship — and why he is still a ‘peasant’ at heart
Jim Chanos: ‘We are in the golden age of fraud’
The short-seller on being a bear in a bull market, betting against Tesla and why he thinks ‘trouble’s coming’
Sir Martin Sorrell: ‘What temper? I’m a cuddly teddy bear’
The WPP co-founder on his acrimonious exit from the company he built — and whether biggest is always best
Ahdaf Soueif: ‘I have a lot of friends in prison’
The Egyptian novelist and activist on taking on the military government and why she resigned from the British Museum
Mary Trump: ‘At least the Borgias supported the arts’
The president’s niece on fear and greed in the Trump family — and why she wrote her explosive tell-all memoir

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