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Regulating Our Food Choices
Should governments intervene in what we eat – and does it work when they do?
The Oil Industry's 'Game Of Chicken'
Amidst plummeting oil prices, what is future of the oil industry?
Australia's Drought
"It looks like a lunar landscape", one farmer says of Australia's drought effects.
Switching On Shetland's Gas
Why Total is switching on a new Shetland gas plant amid a global oil price rout.
Syrian Refugees
How the Syrian refugee crisis is affecting neighbouring economies of Lebanon, Jordan
Ukraine's 'Corrupt' Politicians
Resigning minister alleges graft and cronyism remain rife in Ukraine's corridors of power
West Africa's Cocoa
Ghana's struggles with the cocoa industry; Mars; modernising in Ivory Coast
China's Capital Flight
How Chinese avoid controls and why it matters; plus a killing outside Ghana's goldmine.
Does growth matter?
Why is growth the holy grail of economics?
Aberdeen: Life After Oil
Aberdeen was once the UK's oil capital. How will it survive the falling world oil price?
China's Ghost Towns
China's biggest property developer, Vanke, on what to do about the country's ghost towns.
Is Being Slim a Luxury?
What is the link between poverty and obesity?
Venezuela's Economy: Can it Avoid Collapse?
Is it inevitable that Venezuela will now default on its international debt?
Britain, Business and Brexit
British business leaders are divided over whether it is better to stay or leave the EU
Finland’s Long Economic Winter
Why is Finland one of the worst performing economies in Europe? And is Nokia to blame?
A Virtual Reality Future?
Why Mark Zuckerberg believes VR will be the next technology to change the way we live
London's Foreign Property Buyers
Russian oligarchs in London; money laundering; drinking wine in Ethiopia
Fifa's New President
Fifa votes; Finland's immigrants; what's in an Oscar goodie-bag?
India Rising?
What will it take for India to take China's place as the world's growth engine?
Barclays: Out of Africa
Barclays is to sell off its business in Africa, ending its century-long history there
Elements: Tantalum and Niobium
Are these notorious conflict minerals still being smuggled into and laundered in Rwanda?
Ghana's Child Slaves
In Ghana thousands of children are believed to work as slaves in the fishing industry
Brazil Hits the Buffers
Brazil's maids, its collapsing economy, and semi-naked women at car shows.
China's Economy: Retail to the Rescue?
China's new five-year plan; carbon emissions realism; and the dying art of office pranks.
Feminism in the Workplace
Feminism: Its role in the workplace and how advertising has changed its meaning.
Elements: The Radioactives
Radium, polonium and radon sound frightening, but are they actually useful for anything?
Video Blogging for Cash
How to make a living out of posting your own videos online
How to Predict a Crash
Why are economists so bad at forecasting a downturn? Are markets any better?
Is the Panic Over?
Are forecasts of global crisis exaggerated? Plus Jamaican recovery and working too hard.
Finland after Nokia
What went wrong at Nokia; Finland's economy; Helsinki's tech start-ups.