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Analysis Episodes

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    Is America Doomed?

    Justin Webb asks whether the United States is capable of averting economic meltdown.

  2. Hague's Middle East

    Investigating Foreign Secretary William Hague's vision for the Arab world.

  3. Egypt's New Islamists

    Edward Stourton asks if the Egyptian revolution spells the end of old-style Islamism.

  4. Goodbye the Golden Eggs of Banking?

    Janan Ganesh asks if ending Britain's focus on financial services will make us richer.

  5. Unhealthy Expectations?

    How our health debate avoids the real issue - care costs, and we must choose how to pay.

  6. Blue Labour

    David Goodhart examines a radical plan to win back Labour's working-class supporters.

  7. Muscular Liberalism

    David Walker examines the prime minister's proposals for 'muscular liberalism'.

  8. Testing the Emotions

    Fran Abrams asks whether children need to be taught emotional and social skills in school.

  9. Rethinking the Middle East

    Maha Azzam examines the long term implications of the recent uprisings in the Middle East.

  10. The Orange Book: Clegg's Political Lemon?

    Edward Stourton assesses where the Liberal Democrats' influential right wing is heading.

  11. The Big Society

    Chris Bowlby looks at the practical consequences of replacing the state with volunteers.

  12. Radical Economics: Escaping Credit Serfdom

    Paul Mason asks whether the expansion of credit created a new form of worker exploitation.

  13. Radical Economics: Yo Hayek!

    Why free market Austrian economics have inspired a rap video and attracted new fans.

  14. Trust

    Philosopher and former Reith lecturer Prof Onora O'Neill's latest reflections on trust.

  15. The Deserving and the Undeserving Poor

    Presenter Chris Bowlby examines the concept of the undeserving poor.

  16. Criminal rehabilitation: a sub-prime investment?

    Emma Jane Kirby investigates Ken Clarke's promised "rehabilitation revolution".

  17. Defence: no stomach for the fight?

    With future defence under scrutiny Kenneth Payne asks: are we losing the will to wage war?

  18. The Secret History of Analysis

    Analysis celebrates its 40th birthday by revealing the secrets of the programme's past.

  19. Turkey: Staying Secular Insha'Allah

    Edward Stourton investigates Turkish politics and the nation's place in the world.

  20. The Spirit Level: the theory of everything?

    Is income equality really the great leveller? Mukul Devichand examines the evidence.

  21. Whatever Happened to the Sisterhood?

    Budget cuts will hit women three times harder than men. Why aren't feminists protesting?

  22. The Big Society

    Anne McElvoy examines what the origins of the government's Big Society idea tell us.

  23. What's Wrong with Child Labour?

    Fran Abrams asks why the idea of children earning money causes such unease.

  24. Time to Get Real

    Michael Blastland asks policy experts for some honest answers about public spending.

  25. The Euro Nightmare

    Chris Bowlby asks if the European single currency can survive the current crisis.

  26. A Dictatorship of Relativism

    Edward Stourton asks if we are living in a dictatorship of relativism.

  27. Baby Boomers on Trial

    Should the seemingly privileged Baby Boomers bear the brunt of Government spending cuts?

  28. Britishness

    Dr John Bew asks what the state can do to promote national identity.

  29. Economistocracy

    Frances Cairncross asks if economic management is too important to be left to politicians.

  30. Promises, Promises

    Ben Rogers asks if getting us to make public pledges can change our behaviour.

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