Person of the Year 2018: George Soros

FT Big Read by Financial Times

Dec 21, 201821:45News & Politics

The Financial Times has chosen George Soros as its Person of the Year and here editor Lionel Barber and deputy editor Roula Khalaf explain why the billionaire philanthropist and liberal standard bearer merits the title,...

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