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Tax Evasion
How much money is the developing world missing out on because of tax cheats?
The risk of robo-traders
Can automated share-trading threaten financial stability? Plus why corporate junkets work.
Choosing a Running Mate
As Paul Ryan is picked, is the U.S. unusually divided on how to cut government borrowing?
Biofuels and Food Prices
Are biofuels responsible for rising food prices?
01/09/2012
Lesley Curwen and Justin Rowlatt get behind the headlines to find out what's really goi...
Are central bankers grabbing too much power?
As the ECB acts to save the euro, are central banks are over-reaching themselves?
Are we all smartphone users now?
Is there too much hype about smartphones and connectivity?
Divided Life?
Divided lives: do we display different moral behaviour at work and at home?
The Eurozone and Democracy
Has Europe's financial crisis undermined the legitimacy of democratic politics?
US economy
What will US voters look for on the economy? Plus, is an era of zero growth on the way?
Green subsidies
How long will taxpayers have to pay out billions to subsidise wind or solar power?
Young and Jobless
Can a mix of entrepreneurship and technology lift young people out of joblessness?
Can the Rainbow Nation deliver?
What is it that stops South Africa delivering a better standard of living to its people?
Kilkenomics
Economists at Ireland's Kilkenomics festival discuss those behind the financial crisis.
How does China move forward?
Can China continue its world beating growth under new leadership?
Measuring prosperity
What is it besides the money in people's pockets that makes a society prosperous?
What difference does the boss make?
Can one person change the whole culture of an organisation?
Mobile Central Bankers
Does it matter if a foreigner has the top job in a national institution?
Sharing the Wealth
Do the global super-rich elite bring any benefit to the rest of society?
Troubles Ahead?
Manuela Saragosa's guests unpick the economic threats in America and the eurozone.
Banking black hole
Andrew Walker and guests discuss the size of the black hole of debt facing Europe's banks.
Do good ethics make good business?
Do ethics fly out of the window as we chase profit? Or is an ethical code key to business?
Innovation
Innovation – at the heart of an economy or an optional extra?
Is the global economy on the mend?
Is this the year we put the global financial crisis behind us?
The quest for energy security
Is there such a thing as safe energy?
Does Business have a responsiblity beyond making a profit?
Are companies there to please their shareholders or do good? Can they do both?
Inflation: friend or foe?
Is inflation still public enemy number one, or a useful economic tool for central bankers?
Competing for critical elements
Are we too dependent on metals and minerals that are increasingly hard to get hold of?
Trust in me?
The consumer is hurting - can he or she ever trust a bank, company or corporation again?
Tax and the multi-nationals
What's a fair rate of tax for big companies? Jamie Robertson and guests discuss.
What now for the euro?
Does the inconclusive result in Italy mean the euro crisis has come back to bite us?