Podcasts by This is Capitalism

2009: Our House - Episode 5 from 2019-09-09T10:48

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 near Brighton on the south coast and are despe...

1997: Our House - Episode 4 from 2019-09-09T09:15

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 live near Brighton on the south coast and are d...

1988: Our House - Episode 3 from 2019-09-06T15:21

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 near Brighton on the south coast and are despe...

1979: Our House - Episode 2 from 2019-09-06T14:35

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 live near Brighton on the south coast and are d...

1968: Our House - Episode 1 from 2019-09-02T13:46

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 near Brighton on the south coast and are despe...

Julie and Paul: The Money Clinic - Episode 4 from 2019-09-02T09:00

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 averse and hate to see your partner fr...

Fiona and James: The Money Clinic - Episode 2 from 2019-09-02T08:07

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 averse and hate to see your partner fritteri...

Fay and Ben: The Money Clinic - Episode 3 from 2019-08-17T11:05

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 averse and hate to see your partner fritteri...

Poppy and Cliff: The Money Clinic - Episode 1 from 2019-08-14T09:01

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 averse and hate to see your partner fr...

Nanoseconds and Megabucks from 2019-07-09T15:09

David Grossman with more stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism. He enters the strange world of high speed financial trading, where a millionth of a second can make the ...

The Bailout from 2018-10-08T16:37

A dramatic blow by blow account from then Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the bank bailout. Along with Chancellor Alistair Darling at the Treasury, Governor Mervyn King at the Bank of England, an...

Insecure Overachievers from 2018-10-04T12:02

Highlighting the epidemic of exceptionally capable professionals driven by a profound belief in their own inadequacy. Their ability and relentless drive to excel make them likely to succeed in t...

Cassandras of the Crash from 2018-09-26T15:24

Ten years ago, the world watched as the biggest financial meltdown in history unfolded. The crash plunged the world into recession, lost millions of families their homes and its shadow still han...

Trillion Dollar Companies: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 10 from 2018-09-21T13:12

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, particularly by technology companies including...

Financialisation: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 9 from 2018-09-20T16:47

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 changed as financial institutions focus increasin...

State Capitalism: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 8 from 2018-09-20T16:29

David Grossman considers the growing influence and appeal of state capitalism, asking whether free-market and state capitalist systems can coexist and compete fairly.

Joining David are Jos...

Turbo-Capitalism: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 7 from 2018-09-20T16:11

Governments are often ready to close down sectors of their economies which they believe are inefficient, like coal mining, and keen to promote more efficient high tech companies. Back in 2000, a...

High Frequency Trading: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 6 from 2018-09-20T15:53

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 buy your shopping from them at a higher pri...

Making Money: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 5 from 2018-09-20T15:42

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 radical Swiss idea for monetary reform.

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South American Socialism: The New Age of Capitalism Podcast - Episode 4 from 2018-09-20T15:05

Over the last two decades South America has witnessed a series of large scale economic experiments where countries have introduced their own brand of left wing politics. Dubbed Socialism of the ...

Artificial Intelligence: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 3 from 2018-09-20T14:39

David Grossman considers the impact that the revolution in artificial intelligence could have on our jobs, income and society. He is joined by Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy at ...

The Attention Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 2 from 2018-09-20T14:08

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 Attention Merchants, The Epic Scramble to Get ...

The Intangible Economy: The New Age of Capitalism - Episode 1 from 2018-09-20T13:44

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 and Stian Westlake reveal the growing dominan...

Welcome to This Is Capitalism from 2018-09-20T11:56

Welcome to this new BBC podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.