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Food lawsuits
How anti-tobacco lawyers found a new target - food companies which mis-label products.
14 Jan 2013,18 mins
Crime online
How do you fight crimes which you often don't even know have been committed?
11 Jan 2013,18 mins
Driving a Chinese consumer revolution
Justin Rowlatt looks at how China can ferment the consumer revolution its economy needs.
10 Jan 2013,18 mins
A private war
The world's first private navy for 200 years sets sail to do battle with Somali pirates.
09 Jan 2013,18 mins
The new green revolution
How developments in clean agricultural technology could help to feed the world.
08 Jan 2013,18 mins
Capitalism as a tool of war
One of America's most senior officers on how the Army used capitalism to help secure Iraq.
07 Jan 2013,18 mins
God at work?
"Ye cannot serve God and mammon", warns Jesus. Or can you?
04 Jan 2013,18 mins
America: Nation of deadbeats
How debt has defined America and continues to do so.
03 Jan 2013,18 mins
The 3D printing revolution
Is 3D printing set to transform manufacturing or just another over-hyped technology?
02 Jan 2013,18 mins
01/01/2013
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
01 Jan 2013,18 mins
The rise of the robot
We chart the costs and benefits of the robot. Can robots really free us from drudgery?
31 Dec 2012,18 mins
Luxury brands
Karl Lagerfeld talks about clothes, his cat and why money is no longer a motivation.
28 Dec 2012,18 mins
Retirement and work
Should older people work longer - and how far should governments remove barriers to that?
26 Dec 2012,18 mins
Africans in China
As trade links flourish, what is life like for Africans in China, and Chinese in Africa?
25 Dec 2012,18 mins
Stockmarket prospects for 2013
Fidelity's Anthony Bolton looks at prospects for global stockmarkets in 2013.
24 Dec 2012,18 mins
India's challenges
Can India overcome slower growth, falling investment and a string of corruption scandals?
21 Dec 2012,18 mins
China's growing deserts
Justin Rowlatt looks at how China is responding to the threat of its growing deserts.
20 Dec 2012,18 mins
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.
19 Dec 2012,18 mins
Central Bankers Take Centre-stage
Central bankers are seizing the reins of economic power. But is that a good thing?
18 Dec 2012,18 mins
Afghans' Economic Future
As the foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan, can businesses still thrive on their own?
17 Dec 2012,18 mins
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?
14 Dec 2012,18 mins
Failure and innovation
We look at why innovation - and also failure - are key to Silicon Valley's success.
13 Dec 2012,18 mins
China's Silicon Valley
Can China ever recreate Silicon Valley's success - and how is California responding?
12 Dec 2012,18 mins
Taking stock of numbers
Numbers may dominate our world - but how much do they really tell us?
11 Dec 2012,18 mins
A Pacific partnership - China and the US
We look at the world's most important trading relationship - China and the United States.
10 Dec 2012,18 mins
China's technology giants
Rory Cellan-Jones pays a visit to two of China's technology champions, Lenovo and Tencent.
07 Dec 2012,18 mins
China's ghost city
Is China's ghost city a spectral warning of the weakness of the Chinese economic model?
06 Dec 2012,18 mins
Marriage guidance for business
The world of the international arbitrator: world business' marriage guidance counsellors.
05 Dec 2012,18 mins
The cost of ageing populations
How technology can help keep older people independent for longer and reduce care costs.
04 Dec 2012,18 mins
Germany's dirty coal
Germany may have said no to nuclear power, but does that mean yes to dirty coal?
03 Dec 2012,18 mins