Economic inequality

This is Capitalism. The Intangible Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 1. Audio, 14 minutes
David Grossman tells ten stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.
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The Big Idea. Why are some nations rich? Audio, 9 minutes
Why are some nations richer than others?
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BBC World Service
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The Walk: For Richer, For Poorer. Audio, 60 minutes
How do rich and poor live together side by side? Mesmerising real-life London encounters.
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Free Thinking. America: Inequality & Race. Audio, 45 minutes
Jesmyn Ward, John Edgar Wideman and Sarah Churchwell talk to Christopher Harding.
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5 Live Investigates. Clothing Banks. Audio, 48 minutes
Charities lose thousands of pounds after hundreds of clothing banks are taken.
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Arts & Ideas. The Population Bomb. Audio, 45 minutes
Danny Dorling, Lionel Shriver and Stephen Emmott debate with Matthew Sweet.
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File on 4. Paradise Papers: Profits from the Poor. Audio, 38 minutes
An investigation into international offshore finance.
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Four Thought. Property Ownership. Audio, 15 minutes
Chris Pierson makes the case for a radical rethinking of private property.
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Thinking Allowed. Rentier capitalism - Protest camps. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor asks if the economic system is rigged in favour of the owners of property.
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Analysis. Breaking Promises. Audio, 30 minutes
Paul Johnson asks if the government should break pledges made to pensioners.
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Thinking Allowed. Eviction, Self-build. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor looks at the rising number of people losing their homes in the US and UK.
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The Inquiry. How Much Inequality Is Too Much? Audio, 23 minutes
How far does inequality affect growth and prosperity?
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Thinking Allowed. Stop and search, Cancer patients and welfare reform. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic.
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The Inquiry. Why is South Africa Still So Unequal? Audio, 23 minutes
Investigating the root causes of South Africa’s world beating levels of inequality
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Analysis. The End of Development. Audio, 30 minutes
Anthropologist Henrietta Moore argues that development is an outmoded concept.
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More or Less. The Piketty Affair. Audio, 26 minutes
Did French economist Thomas Piketty get his numbers wrong?
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Four Thought. Series 4, Nothing to Lose. Audio, 15 minutes
Byron Vincent discusses nature versus nurture, and society's obligations to its weakest.
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Analysis. Predistribution. Audio, 30 minutes
Predistribution is Labour's new idea. The US thinker who invented it explains what it is.
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Analysis. Social Epidemiology. Audio, 30 minutes
Exploring the academic discipline which tries to work out why the health gap exists.
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Beyond Belief. Egalitarianism. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religious responses to economic inequality.
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Analysis. Profits Before Pay. Audio, 30 minutes
Why has pay not risen in line with profits? TUC economist Duncan Weldon investigates.
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Analysis. Capitalists Against the Super Rich. Audio, 30 minutes
Edward Stourton meets the defenders of capitalism turning against the undeserving rich.
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Analysis. The Spirit Level: the theory of everything? Audio, 28 minutes
Is income equality really the great leveller? Mukul Devichand examines the evidence.
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