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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Downing Street Guru

Examining the ideas of Downing Street's favourite intellectual, Nassim Nicolas Taleb.

• 30 mins

War Gaming Iran

Could a hot war with Iran be about to start? Analysis probes the West's options.

• 30 mins

What Is Money?

Frances Stonor Saunders asks a fundamental question - what is money?

• 30 mins

Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy?

Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government in the Arab world.

• 30 mins

Steve Keen: Why Economics is Bunk

Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason interviews the controversial economist Steve Keen.

• 30 mins

Wasted Youth

Paul Johnson asks why young school leavers face such difficulty finding stable jobs.

• 30 mins

Cameron's Swede Dreams

Why are Tories and the left obsessed with the 'Swedish model'? Jo Fidgen investigates.

• 30 mins

Eurogeddon II

Where is the eurozone heading? Disintegration or super-state? Chris Bowlby investigates.

• 30 mins

The Gold Standard

Simon Jack asks: Would the financial system be more stable if money was backed by gold?

• 30 mins

China's Battle of Ideas

As China changes leadership, Mukul Devichand probes Beijing's hidden battle of ideas.

• 30 mins

Political Prejudice

Michael Blastland on why your approach to politics might not be as rational as you think.

• 30 mins

Social Epidemiology

Exploring the academic discipline which tries to work out why the health gap exists.

• 30 mins

Obama: Peacemaker or Vigilante?

Mukul Devichand asks what President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage.

• 30 mins

Keeping the Free Market Faith

Jamie Whyte defends free market ideas in apparently troubled times for capitalism.

• 30 mins

Manuel Castells: Alternative Economic Cultures

Prof Manuel Castells on the rise of new economic cultures since the financial crisis.

• 30 mins

The School of Hard Facts

Fran Abrams examines the radical ideas of ED Hirsch set to reshape English education.

• 30 mins

Labour, the Left and Europe

Edward Stourton asks if Labour should re-evaluate its attitude to the EU.

• 30 mins

Left Turn to Catholic Social Teaching?

Matthew Taylor examines Labour's interest in Catholic social teaching.

• 30 mins

Green Shoots from the Arab Spring

How the Arab Spring has affected the mindset of ordinary people in the Middle East.

• 30 mins

The Rise of Executive Power

Why have workers appeared so weak as bosses tip the balance of power in their favour?

• 30 mins

A Scottish Pound?

Chris Bowlby explores the cash question facing an independent Scotland.

• 30 mins

The Alawis

Owen Bennett Jones looks at Syria's Alawis, the sect to which President Assad belongs.

• 30 mins

Creative Destruction

Should we be celebrating that some of Britain's big high street brands have gone bust?

• 30 mins

Making the Best of a Bad Job

David Goodhart asks whether too much stress on social mobility has demeaned ordinary jobs.

• 30 mins

Roberto Unger & Vulgar Keynesianism

Tim Finch asks if current left-of-centre thinking on the economy needs to be more radical.

• 30 mins

Islamists International

The impact of the Arab Spring on the global reach of the Muslim Brotherhood.

• 30 mins

Three Score Years and Twenty

Is Britain a good country to grow old in? Chris Bowlby investigates.

• 30 mins

Who Decides if I'm a Woman?

Jo Fidgen explores the ideas causing tension between feminists and transgender people.

• 30 mins

Nudge Theory in Practice

How well have politicians' attempts to 'nudge' us into doing what they want worked?

• 30 mins

Labour's New New Jerusalem

Leading Labour figures urge a radical policy - dismantling the top-down welfare state.

• 30 mins