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Banning foreign home buyers - the New Zealand experiment
Have homes become cheaper since NZ radically changed the law on foreign ownership?
15 Jul 2019,17 mins
How will China's credit binge end?
Hasty borrowing by Chinese consumers may leave the country's economy with a debt hangover
12 Jul 2019,17 mins
The US consumer debt pile
Payday loans, auto loans and student loans are overwhelming a sector of American society
11 Jul 2019,17 mins
Brand Rainbow
Is rainbow branding a step forward for diversity or a cynical corporate take-over?
10 Jul 2019,17 mins
The economics of Indian cricket
India loves cricket, but will other sports like football eventually take the glory?
09 Jul 2019,17 mins
Should we be ashamed of flying?
The aviation industry is one of the world's biggest contributors to climate change
08 Jul 2019,17 mins
Hong Kong crisis: The business impact
Is Hong Kong's position as a global financial centre under threat?
05 Jul 2019,17 mins
The truth about cookies
Should you let websites track your online movements?
04 Jul 2019,17 mins
Fast fashion: The ugly side of looking good
The hunger for quick short-lived clothes is bringing garment sweatshops back to the UK
03 Jul 2019,17 mins
Isolating Iran
New US sanctions are forcing firms to choose between their US and Iranian businesses
02 Jul 2019,17 mins
Money management for millennials
The financial literacy gap
01 Jul 2019,17 mins
Making money out of music festivals
It's not as easy as it looks
28 Jun 2019,17 mins
Shutting down the internet
Government shutdowns of the internet are having an economic impact
27 Jun 2019,17 mins
Protecting kids from porn
The UK plans compulsory age verification for access to online porn - is it a good idea?
26 Jun 2019,17 mins
Get a job?
Is unemployment in the West so low because people have simply given up on finding work?
25 Jun 2019,17 mins
Life in an unrecognised state
How do you do business when nobody officially accepts that your nation even exists?
24 Jun 2019,17 mins
The Facebook currency
Why Facebook's Libra project will attract the attention of regulators
21 Jun 2019,17 mins
Advertising in a digital age
Is the future of advertising really all about data?
20 Jun 2019,17 mins
The next agricultural revolution
Do we need to transform the way we grow food if we are to head off disaster?
19 Jun 2019,17 mins
Istanbul's vexed elections
The Turkish city votes again for a new mayor after March's election result was overturned
18 Jun 2019,17 mins
Hostile environment for immigrants
How Western immigration policy is prioritising populism over business interests
17 Jun 2019,17 mins
Wine and trade wars
The US-China trade war has seen wine exports from California's Napa Valley dry up.
14 Jun 2019,17 mins
The next financial crisis
Could the fund management industry be the epicentre of the next big financial earthquake?
13 Jun 2019,17 mins
Have we forgotten to be happy?
Should public happiness be the ultimate goal of government policy?
12 Jun 2019,17 mins
Big Brother backlash?
Facial recognition is a powerful tool, but it raises questions about how it can be abused
11 Jun 2019,17 mins
The global trade in trash
Asian countries have told the West to stop dumping its plastic waste on them
10 Jun 2019,17 mins
Who is afraid of Huawei?
The cost of the angst about China's telecoms giant
07 Jun 2019,17 mins
The rise and fall of viral marketing
Can a bear in an ad help sell more washing machines?
06 Jun 2019,17 mins
Oil, guns and pollution
Oil giant Shell tells us why it struggles to clean up its operations in the Niger Delta
05 Jun 2019,17 mins
Is it time to tax robots?
With ever more jobs being automated, should the automatons be taxed the same as humans?
04 Jun 2019,17 mins