About half of Wall Street trades are now performed by automated 'bots. As the algorithmic robot traders outpace and outperform the humans, what are the dangers they pose?
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They're bankers, traders, investment funds executives. They impoverished countries, drove millions of workers into unemployment, and triggered the rise in extremism. Ten years after the crisis, they tell their stories.
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Politicians, economists and the media are obsessed with economic growth. But why do we still cling to this concept? Clearly it is impossible to have infinite growth on a finite planet. In 'System Error' award-winning director Florian Opitz examines the fundamentals of capitalism.
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As concern grows about 'coronavirus capitalism', we investigate Social Impact Bonds - an investment product designed to raise private capital to pay for social services. Likely to play an even bigger role in the future, what impact will for-profit investment in social programs have on society's most vulnerable people?
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What is bitcoin? How will it impact the way we do business and can bitcoin really challenge the banks’ monopoly and democratise society?
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This is the story of how the mobile phone entered our lives and changed everything.
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This investigation reveals how fracking plants are quietly invading some of the most protected places on the planet - including Africa’s national parks.
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We investigate the commercialization of the natural world. Protecting our planet has become big business with companies promoting new environmental markets.
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Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Yet the average person knows very little about the most powerful - and least understood - financial institution on earth.
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