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The sharp end of economics: the cash register
The sharp end of economics: the cash register

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The economics issues investigated by The Big Question so far have been:

02-10-04 Does aid work?
09-10-04 What is Free Trade?
16-10-04 How fair is free trade?
13-11-04 How much does the world rely on oil?
20-11-04 Can we live without oil?
08-01-05 What is money?
15-01-05 Why do we get into debt?
26-02-05 Is this China's Century?

Also on Open2.net...The Industrial Revolution - how did the change from an agrarian economy affect the British landscape?
PY's Rules of the Game - join P Y Gerbeau to explore the economics of sport and other business questions
More Or Less - Radio 4's weekly number-crunching exploration of the difference between facts and figures

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Content last updated: 26/11/2004

 

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