Analysis Podcast
Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Downing Street Guru
Mon 12 Mar 2012
Examining the ideas of Downing Street's favourite intellectual, Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
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Neue Labour
Mon 5 Mar 2012
Why Germany is providing the inspiration for a Labour rethink. Matthew Taylor presents.
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America: The Right Way
Mon 27 Feb 2012
Justin Webb explores what the primaries tell us about the state of the right in the US.
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Profits Before Pay
Mon 20 Feb 2012
Why has pay not risen in line with profits? TUC economist Duncan Weldon investigates.
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Preparing for Eurogeddon
Mon 13 Feb 2012
Europe thinks the unthinkable - what happens if the eurozone splits.
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Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi
Mon 6 Feb 2012
Profile of Rachid Ghannouchi, one of the world's most influential Islamist thinkers.
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Do Schools Make a Difference?
Mon 30 Jan 2012
Are good schools anything more than schools with a good intake? Fran Abrams investigates.
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Capitalists Against the Super Rich
Mon 23 Jan 2012
Edward Stourton meets the defenders of capitalism turning against the undeserving rich.
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Dead Cert
Mon 19 Dec 2011
Certainty: is the lust for it a sin? And if so, should politics fear for its soul?
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A Price Worth Paying?
Mon 28 Nov 2011
Banks are underwritten by the government in Britain. Should the taxpayer bail out banks?
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Robert H. Frank: The Darwin Economy
Mon 14 Nov 2011
Robert H. Frank explains why he believes Darwin was a better economist than Adam Smith.
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Do Leaders Make a Difference?
Mon 7 Nov 2011
Michael Blastland explores how far individuals really change what happens in the world.
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A New Black Politics?
Mon 31 Oct 2011
How the ideologies of British black politics in Britain have changed since the 1980s.
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Euroscepticism Uncovered
Mon 17 Oct 2011
Edward Stourton asks if the political class is catching up with public opinion on the EU.
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Hezbollah
Mon 10 Oct 2011
Owen Bennett-Jones asks, what exactly is the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah?
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Aid or Immigration?
Mon 3 Oct 2011
Could a more relaxed policy on immigration help the developing world more than state aid?
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Libya's Islamic Capitalists
Mon 26 Sep 2011
Hugh Miles finds out more about Libya's new Islamic capitalism.
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Non-Riotous Behaviour
Mon 19 Sep 2011
Ask not why people riot, but why they obey the law. Jamie Whyte examines civil obedience.
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Unsure about Sure Start
Mon 11 Jul 2011
Fran Abrams asks if Sure Start is worth saving and what it has done for children.
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The SNP and Scotland
Mon 4 Jul 2011
Anne McElvoy assesses the SNP plan to defy austerity Britain and keep Scotland different.
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Is America Doomed?
Mon 27 Jun 2011
Justin Webb asks whether the United States is capable of averting economic meltdown.
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Hague's Middle East
Mon 20 Jun 2011
Investigating Foreign Secretary William Hague's vision for the Arab world.
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Egypt's New Islamists
Mon 13 Jun 2011
Edward Stourton asks if the Egyptian revolution spells the end of old-style Islamism.
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Goodbye the Golden Eggs of Banking?
Mon 6 Jun 2011
Janan Ganesh asks if ending Britain's focus on financial services will make us richer.
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Unhealthy Expectations?
Mon 30 May 2011
How our health debate avoids the real issue - care costs, and we must choose how to pay.
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Blue Labour
Mon 21 Mar 2011
David Goodhart examines a radical plan to win back Labour's working-class supporters.
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Muscular Liberalism
Mon 14 Mar 2011
David Walker examines the prime minister's proposals for 'muscular liberalism'.
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Testing the Emotions
Mon 7 Mar 2011
Fran Abrams asks whether children need to be taught emotional and social skills in school.
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Rethinking the Middle East
Mon 28 Feb 2011
Maha Azzam examines the long term implications of the recent uprisings in the Middle East.
