The worst economic system - except for all the rest?

"A very bad word," says one economist. "The failing brother of the already failed communism," says another.

But is capitalism really that bad? Comedian and writer Colm O'Regan casts his comic lens upon the complexities of the economic system that's used across much of the globe.

In this episode, the first of four, Colm O'Regan is in Dublin, Ireland.

You can see a discussion about this film on Talking Business on BBC World News from 19-21 June 2015 outside the UK and on the BBC News Channel and the BBC iPlayer in the UK .

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