麻豆社

Climate Challenges

Is economic growth compatible with protecting the environment?

• 28 mins

Hong Kong: China's Bridge to the Global Economy?

Does Beijing still need Hong Kong as its gateway to the wider global economy?

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The End of the Oil Age?

Is the age of oil drawing to an end?

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Career Change

From tennis star to businessman. Boris Becker talks about his career change.

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Cities and Migration

Can our cities cope in the face of rapid urbanisation?

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Has QE worked?

Has quantitative easing worked in the US?

• 26 mins

Kilkenomics 2014

Economics and comedy at the Kilkenomics festival in Kilkenny, Ireland

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Monetising Online Content

Top tech entrepreneurs share their insights on how to make money out of publishing online

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Germany's Economy: Is the Crown Slipping?

Is Germany's determination to balance its budget hurting the Eurozone?

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Russia's Troubles

The conflict in Ukraine, western sanctions and falling oil prices - are Russians nervous?

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Bread and Soil: The Global Scramble for Land

Vast global land transactions are taking place but are the deals always fair?

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The Global Impact of Chinese Deflation

As prices drop in China, what might the impact be elsewhere in the global economy?

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And What a Year it Was

A look at the economic highs and lows of 2014 and what it might mean for the year ahead?

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2014: A Disruptive Year?

What kind of year has it been for the world's workers?

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The Global Pensions Time Bomb

The world is not saving enough for its old age

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Stormy Weather Ahead for 2015?

The 麻豆社's big thinkers read the runes for the economic year ahead

• 26 mins

The Women's Slice

If women had an equal slice of the global economy output could soar by as much as 40%

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Costing the Terror Threat

Are the billions being spent on the fight against the terror threat monies well spent?

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Ukraine, Russia and the Sanctions Debate

Will punishing Russia with sanctions bring an end to the attacks in eastern Ukraine?

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Talking Trash: Recycling a Wasteful World

Processing the world's trash heap is big business, worth 400 bn dollars. But can it last?

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What Nigeria Did Next...

Nigeria's new entrepreneurs ask what's next on the nation's astonishing economic journey

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What role for OPEC now?

With the oil price too low for many OPEC members, is there a role for the oil cartel?

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Fortunes of Film

Are the film industries of Africa and Asia changing how Hollywood does its business?

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Brand Jihad: How Extremism Uses the Tools of Global Business

Does Islamic extremism have a 'business model'? Can economics explain the jihadi journey?

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Education that Works?

What education do today's students need to equip them for the workplaces of the future?

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Sharing Big-time

Who are the winners and losers of the sharing economy as more of us borrow not buy?

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Soros and an SOS for Ukraine

George Soros argues that Europe needs to give Ukraine more money to help prevent disaster

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AIIB: China's Tiger Roars

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank offers China a potent voice on the world stage

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Cybercrime: the 21st Century Business Risk

What are the risks for businesses and governments from cyber attack?

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Rana Plaza: a lesson forgotten?

Are the lessons of Rana Plaza forgotten amid new pressures in the global textiles sector?

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