Capitalism is the hidden economic wiring which puts money and markets at the centre of our lives. This collection of programmes includes David Grossman’s story of the explosive growth of modern capitalist power told in 10 parts - The New Age of Capitalism - plus many others.
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2009: Our House - Episode 5
How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in past decades? Tacita and Charlie are in their mid twenties. They live near Brighton on the south coast…
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1997: Our House - Episode 4
How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in previous decades? Tacita and Charlie are in their mid twenties. They live near Brighton on the south c…
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1988: Our House - Episode 3
How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in past decades? Tacita and Charlie are in their mid twenties. They live near Brighton on the south coast…
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1979: Our House - Episode 2
How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in previous decades? Tacita and Charlie are in their mid twenties. They live near Brighton on the south c…
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1968: Our House - Episode 1
How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in past decades? Tacita and Charlie are in their mid twenties. They live near Brighton on the south coast…
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Julie and Paul: The Money Clinic - Episode 4
Money is one of the top three strains on relationships and it’s a common cause of rift between family and friends too.You might be cautious and risk averse and hate to see your par…
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Fiona and James: The Money Clinic - Episode 2
Money is one of the top three strains on relationships and it’s a common cause of rift between family and friends too. You might be cautious and risk averse and hate to see your pa…
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Fay and Ben: The Money Clinic - Episode 3
Money is one of the top three strains on relationships and it’s a common cause of rift between family and friends too. You might be cautious and risk averse and hate to see your pa…
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Poppy and Cliff: The Money Clinic - Episode 1
Money is one of the top three strains on relationships and it’s a common cause of rift between family and friends too.You might be cautious and risk averse and hate to see your par…
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Nanoseconds and Megabucks
David Grossman with more stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism. He enters the strange world of high speed financial trading, where a millionth of a second…
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The Bailout
A dramatic blow by blow account from then Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the bank bailout. Along with Chancellor Alistair Darling at the Treasury, Governor Mervyn King at the Bank…
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Insecure Overachievers
Highlighting the epidemic of exceptionally capable professionals driven by a profound belief in their own inadequacy. Their ability and relentless drive to excel make them likely t…
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Cassandras of the Crash
Ten years ago, the world watched as the biggest financial meltdown in history unfolded. The crash plunged the world into recession, lost millions of families their homes and its sh…
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Trillion Dollar Companies: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 10
Both Amazon and Apple have become the first companies in history to be valued at more than a trillion dollars each. There are fears this dominance, particularly by technology compa…
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Financialisation: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 9
Banking used to be a laid-back profession involving long lunches and the odd loan approval to a business. Over the last few decades that has all changed as financial institutions f…
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State Capitalism: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 8
David Grossman considers the growing influence and appeal of state capitalism, asking whether free-market and state capitalist systems can coexist and compete fairly.Joining David…
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Turbo-Capitalism: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 7
Governments are often ready to close down sectors of their economies which they believe are inefficient, like coal mining, and keen to promote more efficient high tech companies. B…
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High Frequency Trading: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 6
Imagine you are heading to the shops and someone steals your shopping list. Then they race ahead and bought all the goods ahead of you, forcing you to buy your shopping from them a…
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Making Money: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 5
David Grossman asks how and when money is created in the modern economy, how that influences asset prices and financial stability and hears about a radical Swiss idea for monetary…
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South American Socialism: The New Age of Capitalism Podcast - Episode 4
Over the last two decades South America has witnessed a series of large scale economic experiments where countries have introduced their own brand of left wing politics. Dubbed Soc…