16/03/2011
Nuclear power strategy, Tokyo stock exchange latest, and fears over the cost of baby boomers' pension and health care costs.
News and views from the business world.
What does the nuclear tragedy unfolding in Japan mean for Britain's own energy policy? We speak to Keith Parker, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association.
After two days of massive sell-offs, it has been a calmer night on the Tokyo stock exchange. Yoshihiro Watanabe, managing director of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs joins us in Tokyo.
Taxes would need to rise by 82 billion pounds a year, to stop younger workers being lumbered with the pension and health care costs of Britain's greying population, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has warned. We speak to Jonathan Portes, Director of NIESR.
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