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World food prices

Examines the food we all put on our plates - how it gets there and at what price.

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Inflation

We hear why one prominent thinker says government spending now will mean pain tomorrow.

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The price of corruption

Corruption has a corrosive effect on society - but there can be a price for fighting back.

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Global power reduction

Have global power needs reduced, Steve Evans hears from Spain, China and South Africa.

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Prosperity and terrorism

Can prosperity get rid of terrorism? Egypt's finance minister thinks it can.

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Green Shoots?

Steve Evans asks is there light at the end of the economic tunnel?

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Billionaire to bust and back

A property tycoon who went to prison and Chinese work rights for women.

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Who's the boss?

Who's the boss - the tax-payers or the bankers?

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Costing the earth

Should you spend like there's no tomorrow, or not panic and trust the market? You decide.

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Christine Lagarde

France's economy minister warns bankers not to go back to their ways, but they bite back.

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General Electric's economic cure

Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE, insists refocussing on technology will underpin economic recovery.

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East German echoes

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has life changed for the East Germans?

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Microfinance questions

Has there been too much hype about microcredit or banking for the poor, and does it work?

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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?

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Shrinking Russia

The view from Moscow on what it means when a former superpower falls on hard times.

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Regulating bankers

How do you juggle outrage at bankers' bonuses with the need not to overdo new regulation?

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South Africa's fixer

Talks to the Maria Ramos, the new boss of one of South Africa's biggest banks, ABSA.

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The risks of Cloud computing

Takes you to the Cloud, the far-away place where all your computing may one day be done.

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Nanny state

Do we know best or should governments try to limit our choices sometimes?

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Free global trade

As the leaders of America, Canada and Mexico meet trade barriers are still a problem.

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Planet thrift

We take the pulse of a planet in thrift mode, belts are tightening everywhere.

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Loan sharks

Capitalism's dark side, why people are turning to ruthless loan sharks in the recession.

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Fixing America's healthcare system

Can President Barack Obama successfully overhaul America's troubled health-care system?

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Women on top

Talks to a fabulous female boss of a very male business.

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Economic stimulus

Asks whether your country's stimulus money is leaking out into other economies?

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Will Africa reject American capitalism?

Will Africa reject American capitalism? Steve Evans asks Sierra Leone's foreign minister.

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Afghan poppies and saffron

We look at an alternative to poppy farming in Afghanistan - might saffron be the answer?

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Sir Adrian Cadbury

Should capitalism return to its 19th century roots?

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Is the economic storm over?

Central bankers and economists meet in Wyoming to argue about whether the worst is over.

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Sustainable economic recovery?

Is the global economic recovery sustainable or just a jobless mirage? Greg Wood reports.

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