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How to Succeed… in the UK
Understanding the culture of your business partners in the UK
05 Jun 2000,·13 mins
Botswana: God Wants You to Be Wealthy
The country's relatively strong economy has created a new breed of consumer
25 Jan 2006,·22 mins
What has changed 10 years after 2012 Delhi bus rape?
Have reforms in India's rape laws since Delhi gang rape in 2012 really worked?
25 Nov 2022,·26 mins
Review of the year - 1997
A look back at the events which shaped Africa's economies in 1997
30 Dec 1997,·29 mins
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis
‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’.
12 Feb 2021,·28 mins
Looking back at the Wall Street crash of 1929.
01 Oct 1979,·46 mins
Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.
27 Dec 2011,·40 mins
Phil Tinline explores why the Thatcher government sold British Gas - and the legacy today.
13 Feb 2023,·28 mins
The Shift
Martin Wolf of the FT examines how global economics needs to adapt in an uncertain world.
21 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Paul Mason chairs a debate between followers of two contrasting liberal economists.
03 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Ben Chu pulls back the curtain on private equity.
16 May 2023,·28 mins
Two 'New Philanthropies'
Hugh contrasts the role of philanthropy today with that of the middle of the 20th century.
26 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Why the world's biggest economy is experiencing a pensions crisis
06 Apr 2003,·22 mins
The stories of graduates finding work internships far afield in China.
01 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Episode 5
Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy as it applies to governance and the future.
31 Jul 2015,·15 mins
Episode 2
Stephanie Flanders continues her search for growth in Britain's economy.
22 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Terrorism
How do militants move their funds around the world to finance violent activity?
15 Jan 2006,·22 mins
Cinderella
Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
29 Aug 2014,·15 mins
When Geeks Took Over Poker
Tim Harford tells the story of Chris Ferguson, who applied game theory to poker, and won.
13 Feb 2013,·15 mins
2015
Commodity prices slump, EU refugee worries and the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
25 Dec 2015,·26 mins
Economic Growth
Martha Kearney and Dharshini David go back to the economic basics.
28 Oct 2022,·14 mins
Every citizen gets an annual dividend from the state’s oil fund. Mark Whitaker reports.
24 Mar 2020,·37 mins
Is the IMF up to the job of fixing the global economy? Stephanie Flanders reports.
14 Dec 2010,·40 mins
Big Players and Trends
Who are the individuals and groups making their mark in the financial industry?
13 Feb 1997,·13 mins
Solectron: Competition and Central Europe
How contract manufacturer Solectron is trying to boost profitability in Romania
20 Feb 2005,·28 mins
Robert Peston explores what happens when family and business mix.
19 Mar 2014,·30 mins
The Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King, delivers the second Today Programme Lecture
02 May 2012,·180 mins
Corporate Governance
How corporate governance can make or break even the biggest companies
22 Jan 2003,·13 mins
Top business people discuss the effect that their traumatic childhood had on them.
30 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Conversations about money in modern Britain. With Cathy FitzGerald.
14 Apr 2020,·37 mins