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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have had their first gladiatorial encounter live on American television, in front of an estimated audience of 80m people. There had been hopes that the audience might reach a hundred million, which would have been a record, however according to early viewing figures that didn't happen. But it was still a pretty feisty encounter, with business and economic themes playing a big part. A man who has seen many elections over the years is the noted US economist, Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute. Alex Ritson asked what he made of the debate.

(Picture: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the first presidential debate. Picture credit: Getty Images.)