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Are people who trade informally in troubled places spivs, or true entrepreneurs?

Will Obama's plans for bank reforms actually add more risk to the global financial system?

As China's economy booms, we look at the risks of overheating and property bubbles.

The godfather of the Free Market, Adam Smith - Was he a secret socialist?

The impact on Pakistan's economy of militant violence.

Should water services be opened up to competition in developing countries?

Could bankers' bonuses be controlled by a 'claw-back' system?

We talk to companies on three continents about the shape of the recovery.

Six in ten of us have an intimate relationship at work, why and how?

Do banks spend money on political lobbying to insure they'll get bailouts?

Where should you invest your hard-earned money in 2010?

Eliot Spitzer talks about the next financial crisis, and his fall from grace.

The controversial business of making products which relax African hair.

Branchless banking - is it the future for the world's poor?

Is being contactable via your Blackberry or iPhone 24 hours a day such a good thing?

As population grow, how can we best feed ourselves?

How do you make sure you keep your job in 2010 when all around you are losing theirs?

Half the world's population is under 28 years old, so what sort of future do they have?

For some getting old may feel like a burden. But for many old age is full of triumphs.

Could buses be the solution to the mass transportation needs in the next decade?

Everywhere there are plans to build high-speed railways. But do the numbers add up?

Will eBooks push old-fashioned volumes with paper pages off the shelves for good?

Looks at the strains and pressures on charities as people cut back on donations.

Microsoft on where computing's going. And was Scrooge right?

The penalty of starting a career in a recession. Plus Lucy Kellaway on dogs in the office.

If tough regulation drives finance firms from London, is that a "price worth paying"?

Who should pay for CO2 emitted when products are made? Consumers or the factory?

Is it true that banks have a social purpose and that bankers are doing God's work?

How the banks will cope with commercial property loans that have gone sour.

GE has decided to invest in wind energy because it says there's now money to be made.