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22/06/2009
The daily drama of money and work from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ.
Zimbabwe's economy
Unemployment 94% and inflation 231,000,000%, is Zimbabwe's economy moving?
World food prices
Examines the food we all put on our plates - how it gets there and at what price.
Inflation
We hear why one prominent thinker says government spending now will mean pain tomorrow.
The price of corruption
Corruption has a corrosive effect on society - but there can be a price for fighting back.
Global power reduction
Have global power needs reduced, Steve Evans hears from Spain, China and South Africa.
Prosperity and terrorism
Can prosperity get rid of terrorism? Egypt's finance minister thinks it can.
Green Shoots?
Steve Evans asks is there light at the end of the economic tunnel?
Billionaire to bust and back
A property tycoon who went to prison and Chinese work rights for women.
Who's the boss?
Who's the boss - the tax-payers or the bankers?
Costing the earth
Should you spend like there's no tomorrow, or not panic and trust the market? You decide.
Christine Lagarde
France's economy minister warns bankers not to go back to their ways, but they bite back.
General Electric's economic cure
Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE, insists refocussing on technology will underpin economic recovery.
East German echoes
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has life changed for the East Germans?
Microfinance questions
Has there been too much hype about microcredit or banking for the poor, and does it work?
Are older people refusing to retire a barrier to young jobseekers?
As more people work past retirement age are they making it tougher for young people?
Shrinking Russia
The view from Moscow on what it means when a former superpower falls on hard times.
Regulating bankers
How do you juggle outrage at bankers' bonuses with the need not to overdo new regulation?
South Africa's fixer
Talks to the Maria Ramos, the new boss of one of South Africa's biggest banks, ABSA.
The risks of Cloud computing
Takes you to the Cloud, the far-away place where all your computing may one day be done.
Nanny state
Do we know best or should governments try to limit our choices sometimes?
Free global trade
As the leaders of America, Canada and Mexico meet trade barriers are still a problem.
Planet thrift
We take the pulse of a planet in thrift mode, belts are tightening everywhere.
Loan sharks
Capitalism's dark side, why people are turning to ruthless loan sharks in the recession.
Fixing America's healthcare system
Can President Barack Obama successfully overhaul America's troubled health-care system?
Women on top
Talks to a fabulous female boss of a very male business.
Economic stimulus
Asks whether your country's stimulus money is leaking out into other economies?
Will Africa reject American capitalism?
Will Africa reject American capitalism? Steve Evans asks Sierra Leone's foreign minister.
Afghan poppies and saffron
We look at an alternative to poppy farming in Afghanistan - might saffron be the answer?
Sir Adrian Cadbury
Should capitalism return to its 19th century roots?
Is the economic storm over?
Central bankers and economists meet in Wyoming to argue about whether the worst is over.