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Taxing the Little Guy

Is it ever fair to tax small businesses that operate in an economy's informal sector?

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Are Some Disputes Beyond Negotiation?

As oil producers fail to reach agreement, are some conflicts beyond negotiation?

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Robots v People

How the rise of artificial intelligence will make us question our own existence

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Elements: Hydrogen - Water, Part One

As the world faces growing water scarcity, is mass migration and conflict inevitable?

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Saudi's Five-Year Plan

Saudi's squeezed finances; no booze benefits in Australia; football's eco-warrior.

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Indonesian Fires: A Corporate Responsibility?

Did one firm's neglect fuel Asian forest fires?

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Cars and Hot Air

The emissions scandal, Ford's boss looks ahead, and could an African car brand take off?

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Sanctions, Laundering and Remittances

How banks do not know their customers - and penalise workers and businesses as a result

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Elements: Hydrogen - Water, Part Two

As climate change plays havoc with the rain, could we draw water directly from the ocean?

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The Technology of Refugees

How smart phone technology has changed the plight of the modern migrant

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Winning Over Voters With Economics

How difficult is it to sway voters with economic arguments?

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Drugs and GDP in Mexico

How the drugs cartels both support and undermine the Mexican economy.

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Leicester City: Financial Winners Too

How Leicester City's Premier League win is set to translate into financial gain too

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Elements: Zinc

The self-sacrificing metal that brings shelter and good health to India's poorest.

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The Growing Potential of AI

Microsoft's Chief Envisioning Officer tests our grey matter.

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How to be Frugal

What happens when you abandon consumerism?

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How to be Frugal

What happens when you abandon consumerism?

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Greece: Here We Go Again!

Greece needs emergency funding, but this time debt relief is on the agenda too.

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Elements: Hydrogen - Energy

Is the dream of a hydrogen-fuelled zero-carbon economy achievable?

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Selling Saudi Arabia's Aramco

We hear from Saudi's secretive state oil giant, Aramco, as it prepares to go public.

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Crackdown on Corruption?

World leaders meet to talk corruption; and an oil magnate tells us why Trump is his man

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What Happens to Your Digital Life After you Die?

How to control your digital afterlife. We talk to the companies who promise to help.

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Are Refugees a Boon or Drain on a Host Economy?

Is the cost of hosting refugees outweighed by the boost they give to an economy?

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Which Way for Oil and Gas?

France's Total invests in North Sea energy. And elevators that go up, down and sideways.

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Elements: Potassium

India is completely dependent on imports of potash, a fertiliser essential for crops.

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Philanthropy's Big Giveaway

Billionaire donors describe different ways of giving. But, is it always a force for good?

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Post Ebola Corruption

Millions of dollars of aid money has been stolen from Sierra Leone's Ebola survivors

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The Industrialisation of Africa

A leading Nigerian businesswoman on Africa's potential, and a cashew boom in Ivory Coast

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Vancouver's 'Freak Show' Property Market

Millionaire homes; struggling millennials; foreign money

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Elements: Cadmium

This toxic metal is being phased out of our lives, but still keeps planes up in the air.

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