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07/03/2012
The daily drama of money and work from the 91Èȱ¬.
US economy and the 20 hour week
Has the US economy reached a turning point? And should the working week be just 20 hours?
Will structural reform save Europe?
Is structural reform really a euphemism for making it easier to fire people?
08/03/2012
09/03/2012
Fair shares?
Some of the poorest nations often have vast mineral wealth so why aren't they richer?
12/03/2012
Japan's economy
One year on from the tsunami, is reconstruction money helping Japan's economy?
13/03/2012
Is internet privacy a problem?
Why do we worry about internet privacy? Isn't data farming the price for free services?
Hedge funds
Have managers of hedge funds, not their clients, soaked up most of the industry's profits?
14/03/2012
15/03/2012
Back to the future?
Are we about to be hit by a new oil shock? What would higher energy prices mean for us?
Of Muppets and Money
The winners and losers in quantitative easing, and how to write that resignation letter.
16/03/2012
19/03/2012
The challenges for China
How will China tackle endemic corruption and rapidly growing inequality?
20/03/2012
The secret of German Success
German unemployment is at a 20 year low, the deficit is down and exports up 10%. Why?
21/03/2012
Taxing times for Greece and Portugal
Will cutting five out of every six Greek tax collectors solve Greece's economic crisis?
Of hay and humanity
Will smartphone apps be as important in the development of civilisation as hay?
22/03/2012
23/03/2012
Out of Africa?
Food production needs to rise 70% by 2050, are giant foreign farms in Africa the answer?
Hot jobs
Why the smartest young people in the Gulf states want jobs in the public sector.
South Africa's Dilemma
Can South Africa rise to the challenge of being a Brics country?
China's new leaders
How might China's new leadership change the way its markets work?
Burma opens for business
The prospects for business in Burma and, do Chinese communists make the best capitalists?
Rewarding whistleblowers
In the US whistleblowers now get cash incentives, will more come forward?