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Catalans go it alone?

Catalans are to vote whether to separate from Spain. But does it make economic sense?

• 18 mins

Disney's TV secrets

The most powerful woman in television Anne Sweeney, reveals her recipe for creating hit TV

• 18 mins

Do We Get The Banks We Deserve?

Justin Rowlatt and Kai Ryssdal put financial institutions and consumers under scrutiny.

• 55 mins

Japan's interest rates

What Japan's two decades of low interest rates teach us. Plus, does luck trump hard work?

• 18 mins

Foot surgery for capitalism

Caring capitalism and the fate of India's street bunion surgeons.

• 18 mins

Peering over the fiscal cliff

Is America about to drive its economy over the edge of a precipice?

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Jobless US graduates

How student voters in the US feel about poor job prospects and growing debt.

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Live from Las Vegas

In a special programme, What can Las Vegas tell us about America's place in the world?

• 18 mins

The City of London

Four years on from the financial crisis, what's happened to the City of London?

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Growing pains

Has the "great recession" permanently damaged the world's potential for growth?

• 18 mins

The energy revolution

How new supplies and changing demand is transforming the energy industry.

• 18 mins

India's Jobless Graduates

Is a college education worth the high cost and hard work, if you can't get a job?

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USA's climate change

We go into the mighty Hoover Dam to explore the challenges of the US's changing climate.

• 18 mins

CEO severe stress

The CEO who stripped to his underpants in a boardroom due to severe stress

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Colombia's Peace Dividend?

Could peace talks help Colombia become a new tiger economy?

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Oil price setting

After Libor rate-rigging, could the setting of oil prices also be open to manipulation?

• 18 mins

Do general strikes achieve anything?

What will Greece's 20th general strike since the eurozone crisis began actually achieve?

• 18 mins

Strike Season in South Africa

The ruinous effect of this year's strikes on the South African economy.

• 18 mins

Frankel: The earning power of the world's top racehorse

The earning power of the world's top racehorse plus what businesses can learn from chimps.

• 18 mins

High frequency financial trading

The dangers and benefits of high speed computer trading in financial markets.

• 18 mins

Inflation: Past, present and future?

From the Roman Empire to the Arab Spring - how rising prices shape our world.

• 18 mins

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on his new tablet computer. Is he just playing catch-up?

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Africa's economic transformation

Is Africa's economic transformation exaggerated?

• 18 mins

Fracking debate

Is fracking safe? Yes, says a top Chevron executive. No, argues a Czech campaigner.

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Hurricane Sandy

How global businesses protect themselves from storms like hurricane Sandy.

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Ethiopia: an African lion?

How Ethiopia, once a byword for poverty and famine, is becoming an African "lion" economy.

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Kilkenomics and Ireland's economy

Ghost estates and zombie banks - is Ireland really recovering from its debt crisis?

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America's Game of Chicken

How America is racing towards a "fiscal cliff" in a terrifying game of chicken.

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Why perfection is overrated

The international trade in justice and why good enough is, well, good enough.

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The power of incentives

Is legalising bribery the way to eradicate corruption? It is all a question of incentives.

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