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Is inequality good for us?

The gap between rich and poor is growing around the world. But should we worry?

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Cowboy bankers

As a criminal enquiry opens into bank rate-rigging, have banks lost their true purpose?

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Lifting the Curse of Oil

How can African countries make the most of their new oil finds?

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Holding Companies to Account

How can big companies be held to account by parliaments?

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The Race for Investment

Can emerging nations come to the rescue of the ailing economies of the developed world?

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Tax Evasion

How much money is the developing world missing out on because of tax cheats?

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The risk of robo-traders

Can automated share-trading threaten financial stability? Plus why corporate junkets work.

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Choosing a Running Mate

As Paul Ryan is picked, is the U.S. unusually divided on how to cut government borrowing?

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Biofuels and Food Prices

Are biofuels responsible for rising food prices?

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01/09/2012

Lesley Curwen and Justin Rowlatt get behind the headlines to find out what's really goi...

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Are central bankers grabbing too much power?

As the ECB acts to save the euro, are central banks are over-reaching themselves?

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Are we all smartphone users now?

Is there too much hype about smartphones and connectivity?

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Divided Life?

Divided lives: do we display different moral behaviour at work and at home?

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The Eurozone and Democracy

Has Europe's financial crisis undermined the legitimacy of democratic politics?

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US economy

What will US voters look for on the economy? Plus, is an era of zero growth on the way?

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Green subsidies

How long will taxpayers have to pay out billions to subsidise wind or solar power?

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Young and Jobless

Can a mix of entrepreneurship and technology lift young people out of joblessness?

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Can the Rainbow Nation deliver?

What is it that stops South Africa delivering a better standard of living to its people?

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Kilkenomics

Economists at Ireland's Kilkenomics festival discuss those behind the financial crisis.

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How does China move forward?

Can China continue its world beating growth under new leadership?

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Measuring prosperity

What is it besides the money in people's pockets that makes a society prosperous?

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What difference does the boss make?

Can one person change the whole culture of an organisation?

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Mobile Central Bankers

Does it matter if a foreigner has the top job in a national institution?

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Sharing the Wealth

Do the global super-rich elite bring any benefit to the rest of society?

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Troubles Ahead?

Manuela Saragosa's guests unpick the economic threats in America and the eurozone.

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Banking black hole

Andrew Walker and guests discuss the size of the black hole of debt facing Europe's banks.

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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?

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Innovation

Innovation – at the heart of an economy or an optional extra?

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Is the global economy on the mend?

Is this the year we put the global financial crisis behind us?

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The quest for energy security

Is there such a thing as safe energy?

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