Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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Driving a Chinese consumer revolution
Justin Rowlatt looks at how China can ferment the consumer revolution its economy needs.
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A private war
The world's first private navy for 200 years sets sail to do battle with Somali pirates.
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The new green revolution
How developments in clean agricultural technology could help to feed the world.
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Capitalism as a tool of war
One of America's most senior officers on how the Army used capitalism to help secure Iraq.
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God at work?
"Ye cannot serve God and mammon", warns Jesus. Or can you?
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America: Nation of deadbeats
How debt has defined America and continues to do so.
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The 3D printing revolution
Is 3D printing set to transform manufacturing or just another over-hyped technology?
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01/01/2013
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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The rise of the robot
We chart the costs and benefits of the robot. Can robots really free us from drudgery?
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Luxury brands
Karl Lagerfeld talks about clothes, his cat and why money is no longer a motivation.
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Learning difficulties
Why do employers often ignore people with learning disabilities who can do a good job?
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Retirement and work
Should older people work longer - and how far should governments remove barriers to that?
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Africans in China
As trade links flourish, what is life like for Africans in China, and Chinese in Africa?
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Stockmarket prospects for 2013
Fidelity's Anthony Bolton looks at prospects for global stockmarkets in 2013.
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India's challenges
Can India overcome slower growth, falling investment and a string of corruption scandals?
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China's growing deserts
Justin Rowlatt looks at how China is responding to the threat of its growing deserts.
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Of cats and washing machines - Nassim Taleb's "Antifragile"
Nassim Taleb, one of the world's leading thinkers on how to live in an uncertain world.
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Central Bankers Take Centre-stage
Central bankers are seizing the reins of economic power. But is that a good thing?
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Afghans' Economic Future
As the foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan, can businesses still thrive on their own?
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The challenges facing China and the United States
We look at the challenges facing China and the US - which economy will come out on top?
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Failure and innovation
We look at why innovation - and also failure - are key to Silicon Valley's success.
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China's Silicon Valley
Can China ever recreate Silicon Valley's success - and how is California responding?
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Taking stock of numbers
Numbers may dominate our world - but how much do they really tell us?
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A Pacific partnership - China and the US
We look at the world's most important trading relationship - China and the United States.
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China's technology giants
Rory Cellan-Jones pays a visit to two of China's technology champions, Lenovo and Tencent.
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China's ghost city
Is China's ghost city a spectral warning of the weakness of the Chinese economic model?
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Marriage guidance for business
The world of the international arbitrator: world business' marriage guidance counsellors.
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The cost of ageing populations
How technology can help keep older people independent for longer and reduce care costs.
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Germany's dirty coal
Germany may have said no to nuclear power, but does that mean yes to dirty coal?
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The future of world energy
Is the world about to run out of oil and natural gas?