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Kilkenomics and Ireland's economy
Ghost estates and zombie banks - is Ireland really recovering from its debt crisis?
01 Nov 2012,18 mins
Ethiopia: an African lion?
How Ethiopia, once a byword for poverty and famine, is becoming an African "lion" economy.
31 Oct 2012,18 mins
Hurricane Sandy
How global businesses protect themselves from storms like hurricane Sandy.
30 Oct 2012,18 mins
Fracking debate
Is fracking safe? Yes, says a top Chevron executive. No, argues a Czech campaigner.
29 Oct 2012,18 mins
Africa's economic transformation
Is Africa's economic transformation exaggerated?
26 Oct 2012,18 mins
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on his new tablet computer. Is he just playing catch-up?
25 Oct 2012,18 mins
Inflation: Past, present and future?
From the Roman Empire to the Arab Spring - how rising prices shape our world.
24 Oct 2012,18 mins
High frequency financial trading
The dangers and benefits of high speed computer trading in financial markets.
23 Oct 2012,18 mins
Frankel: The earning power of the world's top racehorse
The earning power of the world's top racehorse plus what businesses can learn from chimps.
22 Oct 2012,18 mins
Strike Season in South Africa
The ruinous effect of this year's strikes on the South African economy.
19 Oct 2012,18 mins
Do general strikes achieve anything?
What will Greece's 20th general strike since the eurozone crisis began actually achieve?
18 Oct 2012,18 mins
Oil price setting
After Libor rate-rigging, could the setting of oil prices also be open to manipulation?
17 Oct 2012,18 mins
Colombia's Peace Dividend?
Could peace talks help Colombia become a new tiger economy?
16 Oct 2012,18 mins
CEO severe stress
The CEO who stripped to his underpants in a boardroom due to severe stress
15 Oct 2012,18 mins
USA's climate change
We go into the mighty Hoover Dam to explore the challenges of the US's changing climate.
12 Oct 2012,18 mins
India's Jobless Graduates
Is a college education worth the high cost and hard work, if you can't get a job?
11 Oct 2012,18 mins
The energy revolution
How new supplies and changing demand is transforming the energy industry.
10 Oct 2012,18 mins
Growing pains
Has the "great recession" permanently damaged the world's potential for growth?
09 Oct 2012,18 mins
The City of London
Four years on from the financial crisis, what's happened to the City of London?
08 Oct 2012,18 mins
Live from Las Vegas
In a special programme, What can Las Vegas tell us about America's place in the world?
05 Oct 2012,18 mins
Jobless US graduates
How student voters in the US feel about poor job prospects and growing debt.
04 Oct 2012,18 mins
Peering over the fiscal cliff
Is America about to drive its economy over the edge of a precipice?
03 Oct 2012,18 mins
Foot surgery for capitalism
Caring capitalism and the fate of India's street bunion surgeons.
02 Oct 2012,18 mins
Japan's interest rates
What Japan's two decades of low interest rates teach us. Plus, does luck trump hard work?
01 Oct 2012,18 mins
Do We Get The Banks We Deserve?
Justin Rowlatt and Kai Ryssdal put financial institutions and consumers under scrutiny.
29 Sep 2012,55 mins
Disney's TV secrets
The most powerful woman in television Anne Sweeney, reveals her recipe for creating hit TV
28 Sep 2012,18 mins
Catalans go it alone?
Catalans are to vote whether to separate from Spain. But does it make economic sense?
27 Sep 2012,18 mins
Digital currencies
Can online currencies solve some of the miseries of this material world? Are they safe?
26 Sep 2012,18 mins
Democracy and the debt crisis
Can democracy survive the debt crisis?
25 Sep 2012,18 mins
Trade war?
Is Romney's tough talk on Chinese trade practices likely to help American businesses?
24 Sep 2012,18 mins