Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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Robots in Seattle
Microsoft's office robots, Expedia's big data, Seattle's busy ports
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Refugees in Sweden
Sweden's refugees, Migration's economic impact, Kellaway on the pain of expenses
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Corporate Social Responsibility: The Cost of Behaving Badly
Lord Browne: Firms that don't invest in social responsibility risk losing their value.
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Is the Gig or Sharing Economy Bad for Workers?
Are online services like Uber creating entrepreneurs or destroying job security?
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Ethiopia's Power Dreams
A new massive dam starts power-generation this month, another next year - at what cost?
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Commodities Crisis
The latest China data, and what it means for the world's miners, from India to Africa.
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Unequal Measures
Fixing inequality, Ikea's "living wage", and Kellaway on the meaning of "skill-sets".
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The Economics of Migration
Is migration good for an economy? And India's Maggi food scare continues to hurt Nestle.
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China's Defence Budget
What China really spends on guns, India's Muslim job-seekers, and Azerbaijan's oil curse.
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Where are India's Working Women?
Why do women make up such a comparatively small proportion of India's formal work force?
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China: Innovator or Thief?
More dismal factory data, plus claims and counter-claims over Chinese IP theft.
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Technology: friend or foe?
It may make us feel smarter, faster and richer – but for some it’s a living nightmare.
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Working in China
Internships in China; designer Masha Ma; Sudan's currency problem.
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Will India Rise As China Falls?
Can India replace China as the world's leading emerging market economy?
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Keeping Cool amid the Stockmarket Panic
Investor Jim Rogers on China; Chinese investments in Australia property; low oil prices.
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The Great Fall of China
The biggest one-day share fall in five years, and why tech will soon change how we learn.
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Russia on the Rocks?
Russia's tanking economy, London supercars, email etiquette
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Capitalism USA - The Progressive Age
Irish comedian Colm O'Regan looks at the history of capitalism in the USA
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China's Slowing Economy and Africa
What the yuan's devaluation means for Africa; mobile banking; plus prosecco vs champagne.
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Elements: Hydrogen and Acids
These powerful chemicals are essential for industry, but are dangerous to handle.
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Ethiopia - Low Wage Economy?
Is the booming Ethiopian economy at risk of being stuck with low wages for years to come?
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What China Currency Turmoil Means
China currency slide: the view from the US; and why UK estate agents aren't all bad.
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Capitalism USA - The Gilded Age
Colm O'Regan travels to New York to learn about American capitalism up until 1900.
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Ethiopia's Economic Miracle
A special programme from Ethiopia - now one of Africa's fastest growing economies.
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Elements: Oxygen in Industry
Why is oxygen essential to steelmaking, and can you inhale too much of it?
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Greece Hails Bailout "Deal"
Greece says a bailout has virtually been reached. Also why India's new land law flopped.
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Ukraine War and Debt
Is Ukraine's $70 billion debt pile repayable? And when is employee loyalty too loyal?
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Singapore at 50
After a half century of independence, has the city-state been an unmitigated success?
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Fixing Global Food Waste
Can new laws fix millions of tonnes of food waste?
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Elements: Titanium materials
Stronger than steel, could this glamorous metal eventually become as common as steel?