Nanoseconds and Megabucks
David Grossman enters the strange world of high speed financial trading.
David Grossman with more stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism. He enters the strange world of high speed financial trading, where a millionth of a second can make the difference between fortune and failure. He learns about the increasing role of the financial sector, asking about the risks of our reliance on debt. Plus how South America tried to introduce its own brand of socialism and the growing influence and appeal of state-directed capitalism in places like China. Can free-market economies like Britain compete fairly?
Producers: Diane Richardson and Matthew Chapman
The Disrupters
Unfiltered, revealing interviews with pioneering entrepreneurs.
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This is Capitalism
The hidden wiring which puts money and markets at the centre of our lives.
