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    2009: Our House - Episode 5

    How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 2009?

  2. 1997: Our House - Episode 4

    How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1997?

  3. 1988: Our House - Episode 3

    How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1988?

  4. 1979: Our House - Episode 2

    How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1979?

  5. 1968: Our House - Episode 1

    How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1968?

  6. Julie and Paul: The Money Clinic - Episode 4

    Paul wants to retire early, but his wife Julie says he can’t afford to.

  7. Fay and Ben: The Money Clinic - Episode 3

    20-somethings, Ben and Fay have just moved in together, but can they agree on finances?

  8. Fiona and James: The Money Clinic - Episode 2

    In this programme we meet Fiona, who is frustrated by her son's attitude towards money.

  9. Poppy and Cliff: The Money Clinic - Episode 1

    Cliff and Poppy own a cafe together but their financial mind-sets are miles apart.

  10. Nanoseconds and Megabucks

    David Grossman enters the strange world of high speed financial trading.

  11. Welcome to This Is Capitalism

    Welcome to this new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.

  12. Turbo-Capitalism: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 7

    Does the digital economy rate efficiency and lower prices above human values?

  13. Trillion Dollar Companies: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 10

    Should we be concerned about the size and power of the tech giants?

  14. The Intangible Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 1

    David Grossman tells ten stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.

  15. The Bailout

    A blow by blow account of the bank bailout from inside No 10.

  16. The Attention Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 2

    Feeling the need to check your smartphone? Then you're part of the attention economy.

  17. State Capitalism: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 8

    David Grossman asks whether free-market and state capitalist systems can coexist fairly.

  18. South American Socialism: The New Age of Capitalism Podcast - Episode 4

    Over the last two decades South America has witnessed a series of economic experiments

  19. Making Money: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 5

    Discovering how and when money is created plus a radical Swiss idea for monetary reform

  20. Insecure Overachievers

    Discovering an epidemic of capable professionals driven by a belief in their inadequacy

  21. High Frequency Trading: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 6

    Who wins in the new world of ultra-fast financial transactions?

  22. Financialisation: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 9

    Banking used to be a laid-back profession involving long lunches - what has changed?

  23. Cassandras of the Crash

    Did anyone see the financial crash of 2008 coming? Aditya Chakrabortty investigates.

  24. Artificial Intelligence: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 3

    David Grossman considers the impact that artificial intelligence could have on society