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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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Does Business have a responsiblity beyond making a profit?

Are companies there to please their shareholders or do good? Can they do both?

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Inflation: friend or foe?

Is inflation still public enemy number one, or a useful economic tool for central bankers?

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Competing for critical elements

Are we too dependent on metals and minerals that are increasingly hard to get hold of?

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Trust in me?

The consumer is hurting - can he or she ever trust a bank, company or corporation again?

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Tax and the multi-nationals

What's a fair rate of tax for big companies? Jamie Robertson and guests discuss.

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What now for the euro?

Does the inconclusive result in Italy mean the euro crisis has come back to bite us?

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Women in the workforce

Why do we get so exercised about women and work? Can you have a top career and children?

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