22/01/2011 GMT
Diverting rivers with Dragan Savic, reinstating folk music into the classical canon with Malcolm Gillies, plus economic insights from Dambisa Moyo.
Rising unemployment, towering debt, sluggish growth rates and fears of inflation were once the worries of the poorer countries of the world. But now it鈥檚 Europe and the USA who are in trouble.
On the programme today former World Bank economist Dambisa Moyo will be telling us what radical medicine she prescribes for the West, if it鈥檚 to avoid permanent decline.
And with a fresh look at why folk music was so important to Hungarian composer B茅la Bart贸k, Australian musicologist, Malcolm Gillies.
Water engineer Dragan Savic, whose pioneering work with mathematical models, is finding new ways to assess the risks of tinkering with nature by changing the courses of rivers.
llustration by Emily Kasriel: The West diverted upstream to a future of poverty while inspired by the folk harmonies of Bart贸k.
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Dambisa Moyo
A radical rethink of the future of rich countries.
Duration: 16:40
SIXTY SECOND IDEA TO CHANGE THE WORLD
Systems theory for kids.
Duration: 06:20
Malcolm Gillies
Re-visiting a musical folk hero.
Duration: 12:37
Dragan Savic
Mathematical models which can simulate what happens when we redirect rivers.
Duration: 10:23
Broadcasts
- Sat 22 Jan 2011 22:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 23 Jan 2011 09:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Mon 24 Jan 2011 01:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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