What’s Behind the Anti-Vax Movement?
This July, it was reported that a woman from Washington State in the US had died of measles. It was the first measles death in the country in 12 years and comes after a huge spike in the number of cas...
4 Aug 201523min
Why do Tax Havens Still Exist?
In 2009, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared “the beginning of the end” for off-shore tax havens. Since then, the EU, the G20, President Obama and others have lined up to criticise them. And yet t...
28 Jul 201523min
What Does China’s Stock Market Crash Tell Us?
China's economy was up 150% until June. Then it fell by nearly a third. Now it has had the strongest two-day rise since the 2008 global crisis. China’s rollercoaster stock market has provoked panic in...
21 Jul 201522min
Is Streaming Good for Music?
Streaming has transformed the way millions listen to music. Whether signed up to Spotify, Apple Music or others, music lovers can access tens of millions of tracks instantly and for the monthly cost o...
14 Jul 201522min
How Easy is it to Dope in Sport?
The global effort to prevent athletes using performance-enhancing drugs is vast and sophisticated. You might think, in this era of advanced testing, it would be almost impossible to cheat and get away...
7 Jul 201522min
Has Austerity Worked?
The global financial crisis reignited an old debate - is it better to cut spending and raise taxes in an economic downturn, or spend your way out of it? After a period of relative consensus up to 2010...
30 Jun 201523min
Would Greece Be Better Off Out of the Euro?
Despite the tense and increasingly bitter negotiations between Greece and its European creditors - who the Greek government accuse of demanding intolerable austerity – most Greek people want their cou...
23 Jun 201523min
What Does China Want From Space?
Fifteen years ago, manned space flight was still a dream for China. Now, they are looking to the moon. They have mastered space walking, they are building advanced scientific satellites in partnership...
16 Jun 201522min
