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Baby Boom or Bust

Birth rates in many countries are getting lower. Should we worry about this or welcome it?

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Finding Things Out

The story of how science has been trying to get better at finding things out.

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Can we create a universal Covid vaccine?

Can scientists develop a vaccine which can combat the coronavirus and all its variants?

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Why worry about future generations?

What - if anything - do we owe to people who have not yet been born?

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Tackling Inequality

Probing the results of a major study into our unequal society.

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Planning, Housing and Politics

How can we build new homes without alienating voters? Hashi Mohamed investigates.

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The case for public service reform

Chris Naylor asks if there's a better way to deliver public services.

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Ending Violence

Is a world without violence possible? Sonia Sodha finds out.

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Can the UK ever be a low tax economy again?

As tax rises hit pay packets next month is this an end to Conservative low tax policy?

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The Court of Putin

Inside the murky world of decision-making in Putin鈥檚 Russia.

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From Russia with love

How Russia exerts its influence across the globe.

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Can Nationalism be a Force for Good?

Charting the birth of the nation state and if nationalism can exist in a healthy form.

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The Advertising Trap

Digital advertising fuels the online economy, but is it all based on smoke and mirrors?

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Germany and Russia: It's Complicated

How is Germany's long-standing relationship with Russia affecting its response to Ukraine?

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Cashing in on the green rush

Some countries have legalised cannabis - but how lucrative has it really been?

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Beyond the cost of living crisis

Why is inflation on the rise, and what can we do about it?

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What is childcare for?

Early years education or allowing parents to work 鈥� the purpose of pre-school childcare.

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Is the UK the new sick man of Europe?

Why is the UK's economy falling behind its European neighbours and what is the cure?

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Addiction in the age of the metaverse

Are we past the point of no return when it comes to our obsession with online technology?

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What's the point of street protest?

Is it ever worth joining a protest march?

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Is ethical surrogacy possible?

Is surrogacy the commercialisation of a woman's body or the greatest gift she can give?

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How Xi Jinping did it

How China鈥檚 Xi Jinping took control of his party and his country.

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Can Effective Altruism really change the world?

Can effective altruism really change the world?

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Is 'Political Blackness' gone for good?

Mobeen Azhar asks what鈥檚 next after 'political blackness' and 'BAME'?

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Economic Growth - can we ever have enough?

Should there be a ceiling for economic growth in developed countries?

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Why do we assume women care?

Is our society still trapping women in caring roles?

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Can we ever really tackle rising public spending?

Philip Coggan examines the rise in public spending and the political battle to contain it

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Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Foundational Economy

Blaenau Ffestiniog investigates whether the foundational economy is viable.

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Has economic crisis put net-zero plans on the backburner?

Are economic problems holding up the UK鈥檚 path to net zero?

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From Brother to Other

How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?

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