Economics
Between the Ears. Between the Ears at 20, Theme and Variations: What We Value. Audio, 30 minutes
Considering what we value: wealth, health, liberty and happiness.
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More or Less. An army of drunk children? Audio, 25 minutes
Are hundreds of young children visiting A&E because of alcohol? Tim Harford investigates.
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Heart and Soul. The Power And The Faith: Romania's Orthodox Church, The Power and the Faith: Romania’s Orthodox Church. Audio, 27 minutes
Can Romania afford to fund religion and build new churches with its economy in decline?
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Pop-Up Ideas. Series 1, Common Tragedy. Audio, 15 minutes
Tim Harford reflects on the impact of mankind on the world around us.
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Assignment. The Bank That Brought Down Cyprus. Audio, 25 minutes
How did billions handed out in bad loans create a financial time-bomb for Cyprus?
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Analysis. Roberto Unger & Vulgar Keynesianism. Audio, 30 minutes
Tim Finch asks if current left-of-centre thinking on the economy needs to be more radical.
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Analysis. A Scottish Pound? Audio, 30 minutes
Chris Bowlby explores the cash question facing an independent Scotland.
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Four Thought. Series 3, Ben Dyson: Understanding How Money Works. Audio, 15 minutes
Ben Dyson argues for the need to understand how money works before fixing the bank system.
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Analysis. Manuel Castells: Alternative Economic Cultures. Audio, 30 minutes
Prof Manuel Castells on the rise of new economic cultures since the financial crisis.
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Analysis. Keeping the Free Market Faith. Audio, 30 minutes
Jamie Whyte defends free market ideas in apparently troubled times for capitalism.
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Four Thought. Series 3, Ruchir Sharma: The Search for Economic Growth. Audio, 15 minutes
Ruchir Sharma describes his search for the next global economy which can deliver growth.
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Short Cuts. Series 2, Tracing the Line. Audio, 28 minutes
Nina Garthwaite presents mini-documentaries with stories of lifelines.
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Analysis. The Gold Standard. Audio, 30 minutes
Simon Jack asks: Would the financial system be more stable if money was backed by gold?
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Analysis. Steve Keen: Why Economics is Bunk. Audio, 30 minutes
Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason interviews the controversial economist Steve Keen.
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Analysis. Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Downing Street Guru. Audio, 30 minutes
Examining the ideas of Downing Street's favourite intellectual, Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
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All in the Mind. Daniel Kahneman - Conjoined Twins. Audio, 30 minutes
One of the world's most influential psychologists, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman.
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Analysis. Robert H. Frank: The Darwin Economy. Audio, 30 minutes
Robert H. Frank explains why he believes Darwin was a better economist than Adam Smith.
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In Our Time. David Hume. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
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Face the Facts. Mister Bollywood and the Case of the Missing Millions. Audio, 27 minutes
John Waite meets the owner of a Dubai property company and some of his unhappy clients.
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Four Thought. Series 2, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: The Myth of the Protestant Work Ethic. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto explodes the myth of the Protestant work ethic.
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Analysis. Unhealthy Expectations? Audio, 30 minutes
How our health debate avoids the real issue - care costs, and we must choose how to pay.
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Analysis. Radical Economics: Escaping Credit Serfdom. Audio, 30 minutes
Paul Mason asks whether the expansion of credit created a new form of worker exploitation.
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