Economics
British pensioners settled in Spain await Brexit disruption. World Business Report. Audio, 00:03:19
Retired British people in Spain tell us about the changes they fear on the Brexit horizon
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Spanish fears over drop in British custom. World Business Report. Audio, 00:05:58
Business owners in Spain fear a drastic drop in British custom after Brexit
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Analysis. Fair Exchange? Audio, 28 minutes
Does a falling currency help or harm the economy?
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One to One. Working too hard? The four-day week. Audio, 14 minutes
Lord Skidelsky, the economist, tells Helen Lewis about his inquiry into the four-day week.
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Desert Island Discs. Mariana Mazzucato, economist. Audio, 37 minutes
Mariana Mazzucato, economist, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne
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Analysis. The Next Crash. Audio, 28 minutes
What could cause a future financial crash? Ian Goldin investigates.
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In Our Time. The Fable of the Bees. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.
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This is Capitalism. The Bailout. Audio, 57 minutes
A blow by blow account of the bank bailout from inside No 10.
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Archive on 4. The Bailout. Audio, 57 minutes
Gordon Brown tells the inside story of the bank bailout.
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Analysis. Power Shift. Audio, 28 minutes
How power moved from west to east after the 2008 financial crisis
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This is Capitalism. Cassandras of the Crash. Audio, 57 minutes
Did anyone see the financial crash of 2008 coming? Aditya Chakrabortty investigates.
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This is Capitalism. The Intangible Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 1. Audio, 14 minutes
David Grossman tells ten stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.
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Cassandras of the Crash. Audio, 57 minutes
Aditya Chakrabortty chairs a debate between four economists who predicted the 2008 crisis
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The Big Idea. Why are some nations rich? Audio, 9 minutes
Why are some nations richer than others?
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Across the Red Line. Series 2, Is Tax a Burden? Audio, 43 minutes
Anne McElvoy, with Gabrielle Rifkind, invites two opposed figures to listen to each other.
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Economics with Subtitles. Series 1, How Condoms Can Cost a Week's Wages. Audio, 28 minutes
Inflation can change your sex life - and pretty much everything else.
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The Big Idea. Democracy and famine. Audio, 9 minutes
What is the cause of famine? It’s not the obvious answer
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The Documentary Podcast. Soft Power Seduction: China Lures Taiwan’s Youth. Audio, 27 minutes
Is China using its economic clout to lure the youth of Taiwan?
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The Big Idea. Economics and mosquito nets. Audio, 9 minutes
What can economics tell us about the use of mosquito nets?
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The Inquiry. Is North Korea Broke? Audio, 23 minutes
This isolated economy is showing signs of life that might surprise you.
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One to One. Soumaya Keynes meets Beatrice Cherrier. Audio, 15 minutes
The story of women in economics: from the 1920s to #MeToo.
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One to One. Soumaya Keynes meets Stephen Machin. Audio, 15 minutes
Why is economics so male? Does the subject have an image problem?
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One to One. Soumaya Keynes meets Claudia Goldin. Audio, 14 minutes
Does economics have a problem with women? Soumaya Keynes and Claudia Goldin talk it over.
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