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Greed is Bad

Why the greed of capitalism could spell trouble for society and the environment.

• 17 mins

Elements: Arsenic

The poison in everything from paint and sweets, to telegraph polls and drinking water.

• 17 mins

Russia's Far East

Is Russia's much-hailed pivot towards China a fact or just wishful thinking?

• 17 mins

Is the Euro Doomed?

Nobel laureate, Joseph Stiglitz, says so: "Either federalise or abandon the currency."

• 17 mins

Hong Kong and China

What Hong Kong's election result means for its economic and business ties with China

• 17 mins

Big-Spending Canada

Canada's Liberal Prime Minister is preaching an anti-austerity message.

• 17 mins

Elements: the Platinum Group

Six rare metals that clean the air but are the focus of violent conflict in South Africa.

• 17 mins

Women in Finance: Is There Room For Sisterhood?

How realistic is 'Equity', a film which features women in powerful financial roles?

• 17 mins

Do Second-Hand Clothes Help Africa?

Discarded western clothes sell well in Africa. But do they help the economies there?

• 17 mins

Intern or Drudge?

Are work placements great opportunities or just an excuse to exploit young workers?

• 17 mins

Cash v Plastic

Why is the UK getting a new five pound note in an increasingly cashless economy?

• 17 mins

Elements: Thorium

This metal offers thousands of years of nuclear energy, but is it any safer than uranium?

• 17 mins

Feeding The World

The business of food: how we eat, what we eat, and who's running the show.

• 17 mins

The Business of Wild Bush Meat

Preying on endangered species as food for the table.

• 17 mins

Trumponomics

Pricing the Republican candidate's plan: will it spur growth, or cause an economic crash?

• 17 mins

Becoming an American

Stories from a US naturalisation ceremony in southern Texas.

• 17 mins

Elements: Gold

Why do we value this useless metal? And does it bring out the worst in human nature?

• 17 mins

Africa's Social Entrepreneurs

Businesses designed to make an impact as well as a profit.

• 26 mins

Resettling Refugees

How can an influx of migrants be integrated most quickly into the host country's economy?

• 17 mins

Weaning Saudi Arabia Off Oil

How difficult is it to wean the Saudi Arabian economy off its oil wealth?

• 17 mins

Tales of the Mexican Border

Trade and migration at the Texas-Mexico border.

• 23 mins

Elements: the Obscure Ones

In the final programme in the series we look at the rarest members of the periodic table.

• 17 mins

Future in Review: The Importance of "Flow"

Unpicking the big new buzzword at the annual futurist technology conference in Utah.

• 17 mins

Future in Review: Meet the Entrepreneurs

Hyperloops, medical diagnostics, modular satellites - it's all happening in Utah.

• 17 mins

Deutsche Bank in Trouble

Deutsche faces a potential $14bn fine. Could it trigger a wider banking industry crisis?

• 17 mins

Living on the Border

Joe Miller reports from the colonias - unregulated settlements - on the US-Mexico border.

• 17 mins

India's Boom Economy

It's the world's fastest growing major economy. But has globalisation helped the poorest?

• 17 mins

Is Globalisation Wilting or Blooming?

Some say Africa's been left behind by globalisation. Is ever-freer global trade fairer?

• 17 mins

Mexico v Trump on Trade

The view from the Rust Belt and a former Mexican President about NAFTA and Donald Trump

• 17 mins

Brexit: Hard or Soft?

Who will suffer most from a tough British exit from the EU?

• 17 mins