Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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Trading tinned fish and powdered milk
How economies spring up in extreme places from refugee camps to prisons
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Whom should the corporation serve?
Should shareholders come first? Or employees, customers, and society in general?
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Africa's mobile credit revolution
Will the roll out of online lending stimulate economic boom or just a credit binge?
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The cost of sending money home
Why it's time to start paying attention to the global remittances industry
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The cannabidiol craze
The cannabis extract is finding its way into soaps and cosmetics, but is it just a fad?
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Going after Google
US state authorities fear the search giant has too much power over what we buy
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Tackling the male fertility crisis
Tech start-ups are finally giving attention to the steady global decline in sperm counts
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The world is running out of sand
A global construction boom is fuelling an illegal trade in sand used to make concrete
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Can technology read minds?
The business of brain data
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Brand Britain and Brexit
What the rest of the world makes of the UK's Brexit crisis
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The hipster company that wants to save the world
Is WeWork an exciting new tech firm, or just an over-priced office rental business?
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Air pollution gets personal
Can a greater understanding of how poor air quality harms us help us tackle this problem?
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Hollywood vs Netflix
How are movie producers making money in the age of online streaming?
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Can we trust Rwanda's data?
Dodgy statistics and aid money in Africa
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Dying for insulin in the USA
Why do American diabetics have to pay so much for this life-saving drug?
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How can women take charge of their finances?
Is the wealth management industry still too geared towards male clients?
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Why not buy Greenland?
What Trump's shock proposal tells us about sovereignty and Arctic geopolitics
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Get in line! Why queues are good.
The economics of queuing
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The market's most feared recession signal
What's an inverted yield curve and what does it tell us about economic expectations?
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The challenges facing Syrian refugees in Turkey
Are Syrians now paying the price of Turkey's economic slowdown?
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Ecommerce in Africa - still finding its way
Will online retailers overcome a lack of infrastructure and trust to conquer Africa?
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The singing president who disappeared
Turkmenistan's president mysteriously vanishes, while his country faces economic crisis
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Helping Africa feed itself
Supporting Africa's homegrown food-growing capacity
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Are stock buybacks a corporate scam?
When corporations buy back shares is it for the good of the economy, or themselves?
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Has 3D printing met the hype?
Are we any closer to the new industrial revolution promised a few years ago?
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Should workers be offered unlimited paid leave?
Some employers are letting their workers take as much time off as they like.
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Vanuatu's sacred drink
Could the traditional beverage known as kava boost Vanuatu's struggling economy?
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Radical toilets
What can music festivals teach us about toilet technology?
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A Brexit game of chicken
Is the UK's government really serious about a 'no-deal' Brexit?
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How to be ambitious
Is it good or bad to be ambitious? And what do you do with it if you've got it?