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Young and Jobless
How can the world tackle the scourge of youth unemployment?
The future of world energy
Is the world about to run out of oil and natural gas?
Germany's dirty coal
Germany may have said no to nuclear power, but does that mean yes to dirty coal?
The cost of ageing populations
How technology can help keep older people independent for longer and reduce care costs.
Marriage guidance for business
The world of the international arbitrator: world business' marriage guidance counsellors.
China's ghost city
Is China's ghost city a spectral warning of the weakness of the Chinese economic model?
China's technology giants
Rory Cellan-Jones pays a visit to two of China's technology champions, Lenovo and Tencent.
A Pacific partnership - China and the US
We look at the world's most important trading relationship - China and the United States.
Taking stock of numbers
Numbers may dominate our world - but how much do they really tell us?
China's Silicon Valley
Can China ever recreate Silicon Valley's success - and how is California responding?
Failure and innovation
We look at why innovation - and also failure - are key to Silicon Valley's success.
The challenges facing China and the United States
We look at the challenges facing China and the US - which economy will come out on top?
Afghans' Economic Future
As the foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan, can businesses still thrive on their own?
Central Bankers Take Centre-stage
Central bankers are seizing the reins of economic power. But is that a good thing?
Of cats and washing machines - Nassim Taleb's "Antifragile"
Nassim Taleb, one of the world's leading thinkers on how to live in an uncertain world.
China's growing deserts
Justin Rowlatt looks at how China is responding to the threat of its growing deserts.
India's challenges
Can India overcome slower growth, falling investment and a string of corruption scandals?
Stockmarket prospects for 2013
Fidelity's Anthony Bolton looks at prospects for global stockmarkets in 2013.
Africans in China
As trade links flourish, what is life like for Africans in China, and Chinese in Africa?
Retirement and work
Should older people work longer - and how far should governments remove barriers to that?
Luxury brands
Karl Lagerfeld talks about clothes, his cat and why money is no longer a motivation.
The rise of the robot
We chart the costs and benefits of the robot. Can robots really free us from drudgery?
01/01/2013
The daily drama of money and work from the 大象传媒.
The 3D printing revolution
Is 3D printing set to transform manufacturing or just another over-hyped technology?
America: Nation of deadbeats
How debt has defined America and continues to do so.
God at work?
"Ye cannot serve God and mammon", warns Jesus. Or can you?
Capitalism as a tool of war
One of America's most senior officers on how the Army used capitalism to help secure Iraq.
The new green revolution
How developments in clean agricultural technology could help to feed the world.
A private war
The world's first private navy for 200 years sets sail to do battle with Somali pirates.
Driving a Chinese consumer revolution
Justin Rowlatt looks at how China can ferment the consumer revolution its economy needs.
Crime online
How do you fight crimes which you often don't even know have been committed?