In the Balance

The biggest financial stories and why they matter to us all.

World Service,304 episodes

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Competing for critical elements
Are we too dependent on metals and minerals that are increasingly hard to get hold of?
09 Feb 2013,28 mins
Inflation: friend or foe?
Is inflation still public enemy number one, or a useful economic tool for central bankers?
02 Feb 2013,28 mins
Does Business have a responsiblity beyond making a profit?
Are companies there to please their shareholders or do good? Can they do both?
26 Jan 2013,28 mins
The quest for energy security
Is there such a thing as safe energy?
19 Jan 2013,28 mins
Is the global economy on the mend?
Is this the year we put the global financial crisis behind us?
12 Jan 2013,28 mins
Innovation
Innovation – at the heart of an economy or an optional extra?
05 Jan 2013,28 mins
Do good ethics make good business?
Do ethics fly out of the window as we chase profit? Or is an ethical code key to business?
29 Dec 2012,28 mins
Banking black hole
Andrew Walker and guests discuss the size of the black hole of debt facing Europe's banks.
22 Dec 2012,28 mins
Troubles Ahead?
Manuela Saragosa's guests unpick the economic threats in America and the eurozone.
15 Dec 2012,28 mins
Sharing the Wealth
Do the global super-rich elite bring any benefit to the rest of society?
08 Dec 2012,28 mins
Mobile Central Bankers
Does it matter if a foreigner has the top job in a national institution?
01 Dec 2012,28 mins
What difference does the boss make?
Can one person change the whole culture of an organisation?
24 Nov 2012,28 mins
Measuring prosperity
What is it besides the money in people's pockets that makes a society prosperous?
17 Nov 2012,28 mins
How does China move forward?
Can China continue its world beating growth under new leadership?
10 Nov 2012,28 mins
Kilkenomics
Economists at Ireland's Kilkenomics festival discuss those behind the financial crisis.
03 Nov 2012,28 mins
Can the Rainbow Nation deliver?
What is it that stops South Africa delivering a better standard of living to its people?
27 Oct 2012,28 mins
Young and Jobless
Can a mix of entrepreneurship and technology lift young people out of joblessness?
20 Oct 2012,28 mins
Green subsidies
How long will taxpayers have to pay out billions to subsidise wind or solar power?
13 Oct 2012,28 mins
US economy
What will US voters look for on the economy? Plus, is an era of zero growth on the way?
06 Oct 2012,28 mins
The Eurozone and Democracy
Has Europe's financial crisis undermined the legitimacy of democratic politics?
29 Sep 2012,28 mins
Divided Life?
Divided lives: do we display different moral behaviour at work and at home?
22 Sep 2012,28 mins
Are we all smartphone users now?
Is there too much hype about smartphones and connectivity?
15 Sep 2012,28 mins
Are central bankers grabbing too much power?
As the ECB acts to save the euro, are central banks are over-reaching themselves?
08 Sep 2012,28 mins
01/09/2012
Lesley Curwen and Justin Rowlatt get behind the headlines to find out what's really goi...
01 Sep 2012,28 mins
Biofuels and Food Prices
Are biofuels responsible for rising food prices?
25 Aug 2012,28 mins
Choosing a Running Mate
As Paul Ryan is picked, is the U.S. unusually divided on how to cut government borrowing?
18 Aug 2012,28 mins
The risk of robo-traders
Can automated share-trading threaten financial stability? Plus why corporate junkets work.
11 Aug 2012,28 mins
Tax Evasion
How much money is the developing world missing out on because of tax cheats?
04 Aug 2012,28 mins
The Race for Investment
Can emerging nations come to the rescue of the ailing economies of the developed world?
28 Jul 2012,28 mins
Holding Companies to Account
How can big companies be held to account by parliaments?
21 Jul 2012,28 mins