welcome to the program, we begin this evening with a conversation about global affairs with zanny minton beddoes, editor and chief of the economist. the president wrote for you an essay on the economy, what is his argument? >> this was a very serious, thought provoking attempt to lay out what he saw as the challenges facing the american economy. an he listed improving productivity, inequality, tackling inequality, making the economy more resilient. so it was striking in its thoughtfulness which is more than you get in most discussions of economic policy right now. >> rose: and we stn with sturgill simpson whose new album is called "a sailor's guide to earth." >> i don't know that i'm necessarily making a focused effort to represent anything. i just know that when we go into studio or want to try to write songs, i guess honesty and trying to represented the human experience from my sper perspective as undiluted as possible. >> rose: zanny minton beddoes and sturgill simpson when we continue. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news

charlie: zanny minton beddoes, editor in chief of the economist. she is here.or in chief of the economist last year. she began working at the magazine in 1994 as a correspondent. she is the first female editor in chief since it was founded in 1843. this edition includes a guest essay written by president obama. i am pleased to have you at the table. welcome. zanny: thank you. charlie: first, the u.s.

charlie: zanny minton beddoes, editor in chief of the economist. she is here.he became editor in chief of the economist last year. she began working at the magazine in 1994 as a correspondent. she is the first female editor in chief since it was founded in 1843. this edition includes a guest essay written by president obama. i am pleased to have you at the table. welcome. zanny: thank you. charlie: first, the u.s. election. how does it look from london? zanny: like a reality tv show. it certainly is. it worries us. we have the combination of shock at the politics and a huge concern. charlie: in terms of language? zanny: language, topics, norms being changed. i arrived on sunday night and i watched the debate and i thought i was watching the jerry springer show. you had to pinch yourself to think that this is a debate between two people who are the candidates for the presidency of the united states. charlie: and are suggesting they are prepared to lead the free world. zanny: absolutely. and what worries me is the consequences of this could linger. even if hillar

charlie: zanny minton beddoes, editor in chief of the economist. she is here.itor in chief of the economist last year. she began working at the magazine in 1994 as a correspondent. she is the first female editor in chief since it was founded in 1843. this edition includes a guest essay written by president obama. i am pleased to have you at the table. welcome. zanny: thank you. charlie: first, the u.s. election. how does it look from london?