This is Capitalism
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This is Capitalism
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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23 Episoden2009: 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 ne...
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 liv...
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 ne...
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 liv...
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 ne...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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, Gov...
Insecure Overachievers
Highlighting the epidemic of exceptionally capable professionals driven by a profound belief in their own inadequacy. Their ability and relentless dri...
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 f...
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, pa...
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 chang...
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...
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 ef...
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...
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 ra...
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...
Artificial Intelligence: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 3
David Grossman considers the impact that the revolution in artificial intelligence could have on our jobs, income and society. He is joined by Diane C...
The Attention Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 2
David Grossman discovers why it's so hard to resist the billion-dollar industry of digital distraction.
David talks to Tim Wu, author of 'The At...
The Intangible Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 1
Why can't some of the most profitable companies in the world be valued? From fitness classes to global tech firms and coffee chains, Jonathan Haskel a...