Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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China's growing deserts
Justin Rowlatt looks at how China is responding to the threat of its growing deserts.
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Of cats and washing machines - Nassim Taleb's "Antifragile"
Nassim Taleb, one of the world's leading thinkers on how to live in an uncertain world.
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Central Bankers Take Centre-stage
Central bankers are seizing the reins of economic power. But is that a good thing?
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Afghans' Economic Future
As the foreign troops pull out of Afghanistan, can businesses still thrive on their own?
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The challenges facing China and the United States
We look at the challenges facing China and the US - which economy will come out on top?
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Failure and innovation
We look at why innovation - and also failure - are key to Silicon Valley's success.
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China's Silicon Valley
Can China ever recreate Silicon Valley's success - and how is California responding?
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Taking stock of numbers
Numbers may dominate our world - but how much do they really tell us?
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A Pacific partnership - China and the US
We look at the world's most important trading relationship - China and the United States.
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China's technology giants
Rory Cellan-Jones pays a visit to two of China's technology champions, Lenovo and Tencent.
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China's ghost city
Is China's ghost city a spectral warning of the weakness of the Chinese economic model?
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Marriage guidance for business
The world of the international arbitrator: world business' marriage guidance counsellors.
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The cost of ageing populations
How technology can help keep older people independent for longer and reduce care costs.
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Germany's dirty coal
Germany may have said no to nuclear power, but does that mean yes to dirty coal?
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The future of world energy
Is the world about to run out of oil and natural gas?
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Young and Jobless
How can the world tackle the scourge of youth unemployment?
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Warren Buffett
The secrets of the most successful investor of all time - Warren Buffett.
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China: Migration and Inequality
How migration and inequality have been driving China's economic miracle.
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Spain, Catalonia and the Eurozone
Catalonia in Spain votes; what are the implications for the Eurozone?
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Trading floor biology
An exploration of the animal spirit of business and the biology of risk taking.
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The business of art
Stealing art is not only wrong, it is also bad business. You won't make any money.
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Big data and the military
A US army general tells us how big data can change the course of a war.
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Why big data is so big
The big data revolution - how knowledge isn't just power, its money too.
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We are all leaders now
Why Chinese leaders like Xi Jinping are so uncharismatic.
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Criminal entrepreneurs
Could a criminal background be better training for entrepreneurship than an MBA?
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Hostage negotiations
Lessons from a former hostage negotiator on persuasion techniques in business.
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Fighting the vultures
The consequences of debt default: can Argentina fight off the vultures?
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How special is America?
By some measures America's economy is in a worse state than Spain or Portugal.
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Big companies and tax
How can we ensure that big international companies pay their fair share of tax?
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A legalised drugs industry?
Could a legalised drugs industry bring in new taxes to boost the public purse?