Business Daily: Episodes
An adviser to the German government, Professor Christoph Schmidt, tells Lesley Curwen that Greece must stick to the terms of its bailout agreement, despite fears that Greek voters will reject austerity in next month's elections. But Giorgios Christides, the economics editor of the United Reporters news ...
How much money is flowing out of southern Europe because of a possible Greek exit from the eurozone? Lesley Curwen talks to economist Gabriel Stein from Lombard Street Research. Plus Carl Elsener, CEO of Victorinox, talks about the Swiss Army knife without a blade. And technology commentator Jeremy Wagstaff ...
What can a lunch at the canteen in the BBC's World Service headquarters at Bush House in London tell us about the iniquities of world food production and consumption? Quite a lot, it turns out. Tim Lang, the world's only professor of Food Policy, and Knox Chitiyo, Africa fellow at the foreign policy ...
The influential German news weekly Der Spiegel certainly knows what it wants to happen to the eurozone: "Adieu Greece" is the headline on the latest issue. The paper argues it's time to kick the country out of the euro. It seems a full scale confrontation is on the cards. So exactly how would Greece ...
How far will the economic troubles of the eurozone affect the rest of the world? Are developing economies being hit by contagion from the Eurozone? Join Justin Rowlatt and guests: Elsie Kanza, Head of Africa at the World Economic Forum, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay an economist at the University of London, ...
With renewed fears this week over Greece's future within the eurozone, we ask a former IMF chief economist, Simon Johnson, if the Fund has pledged too much of the world's money to countries that can't pay it back. Also a leading British cyber-policeman, Mick Jameson of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, ...
Should debt-ridden European nations stick to austerity, or abandon it in favour of economic stimulus measures? Ed Butler and Lesley Curwen explore the argument through an unusual game of Snakes and Ladders.
The austerity question is also debated by the BBC's economics editor Stephanie Flanders and diplomatic ...
The austerity question is also debated by the BBC's economics editor Stephanie Flanders and diplomatic ...
Business Daily looks at the problem of youth unemployment around the world.
Veteran Washington journalist James Srodes wonders whether America's young adults are too ready to give up job-seeking when they get rejected.
Meanwhile, Lesley Curwen talks to three young entrepreneurs - start-up support advisor ...
Veteran Washington journalist James Srodes wonders whether America's young adults are too ready to give up job-seeking when they get rejected.
Meanwhile, Lesley Curwen talks to three young entrepreneurs - start-up support advisor ...
Is Asia's wealth gap worsening? Lesley Curwen talks to the Asian Development Bank's Assistant Chief Economist, Joseph Zveglich, about the rise of inequality.
And it is estimated that India's wealthy evade $300bn in taxes each year, hiding much of it in foreign banks and zero tax regimes. Bundeep Singh ...
And it is estimated that India's wealthy evade $300bn in taxes each year, hiding much of it in foreign banks and zero tax regimes. Bundeep Singh ...
Can the French and Greek elections turn the tide against austerity in Europe? Former UK politician Lord Brittan describes what it's like to inherit an economic mess from a previous government.
And Lesley Curwen talks to Pippa Malmgren, President of Principalis Asset Management, Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis, ...
And Lesley Curwen talks to Pippa Malmgren, President of Principalis Asset Management, Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis, ...
The capo di tutti capi of the world's media moguls, Rupert Murdoch, has been the subject of much press coverage this week with a claim that he's not a fit person to run an international corporation but that isn't the biggest threat his nespaper business faces. Justin Rowlatt and his guests, Carla Buzasi ...
As Vladimir Putin prepares to resume the Russian presidency on Monday, Business Daily reports from Moscow on whether it will be good for the business community, both domestic companies and foreign investors.
Lesley Curwen speaks to billionaire Alexander Lebedev, who has been a critic of the Russian government, ...
Lesley Curwen speaks to billionaire Alexander Lebedev, who has been a critic of the Russian government, ...
As Greece prepares to go to the polls, the authorities are continuing to sell off the family silver. Justin Rowlatt asks Costa Mitropoulos, the official in charge of the country's privatisation programme, whether he has one of the most difficult jobs on the planet. Plus, the boss of Ford Europe, Stephen ...
China’s economy continues to grow at a rapid pace, but could the bubble soon burst? While many commentators argue that its economy is not innovative enough, economist Markus Eberhardt looks at the big increase in Chinese patent applications, which may suggest that levels of innovation are rising. ...
The polarisation of Europe's attitude to nuclear power is most striking in neighbours Poland and Germany. While Poland is committed to building a number of new nuclear power stations, Germany has vowed to close all of its reactors and not to construct any replacements. Justin Rowlatt talks to Zbigniew ...
Can soaring chief executive pay be curbed? We invited Tim Bush from research group PIRC, and Mark Pettman, an executive headhunter, to discuss the question.
Plus, management writer Tom Lloyd asks whether chief executives are needed in the first place.
Finally, Lucy Kalloway looks at resumes, and how ...
Plus, management writer Tom Lloyd asks whether chief executives are needed in the first place.
Finally, Lucy Kalloway looks at resumes, and how ...
Just when it seemed as if the world's biggest economy was getting back on its feet, there have been figures suggesting that growth has slowed in the USA. But can't you use statistics to prove almost anything? Justin Rowlatt and his guests,
Professor Nancy Koehn of Harvard Business School, Paul Dales, ...
Professor Nancy Koehn of Harvard Business School, Paul Dales, ...
The former head of the mighty German Bundesbank tells Justin Rowlatt why Greece should never have been allowed into the euro.
Plus why do some countries do so much better than other? According to Daron Acemoglu, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one factor outweighs ...
Plus why do some countries do so much better than other? According to Daron Acemoglu, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one factor outweighs ...
Is Indian technology giant Infosys losing its grip after recently missing its annual sales target for the first time in its history? Justin Rowlatt speaks to its chief executive S D Shibulal.
Plus, what could be the technological advances of the future? We speak to Vivek Wadhwa from California's Singularity ...
Plus, what could be the technological advances of the future? We speak to Vivek Wadhwa from California's Singularity ...
This episode of Business Daily is an adventure on the stormy seas of international trade. An adventure that begins with Justin Rowlatt visiting the newly restored Cutty Sark, the famous 19th century tea clipper. Plus, Paola Subacchi of the think tank Chatham House, and environmental economist Colin Hines ...