Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented
Tim Finch of the Institute of Public Policy Research asks if it is time for a fundamental rethink of
Evan Davis interviews economic historian Deirdre McCloskey in front of an audience at the London Sch
American economist Hyman Minsky died in 1996, but his theories offer one of the most compelling expl
(Image credit: Jerry Nelson)Jo Fidgen interviews Eldar Shafir, professor of psychology and public af
Owen Bennett-Jones asks if the real beneficiaries of the multiple failures of the Arab revolutions a
Is there any such thing as unionism, and what is the case for the union?On September 18th, Scotland
Should we use chance to solve some of our most difficult political dilemmas? From US Green Cards to
The wish to be anonymous in our dealings with private companies or governments, in commenting on the
Since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington DC, the ultra-conservative Wahhabi branch of Islam
In a recent Newsnight interview, the comedian Russell Brand predicted a revolution. His comments ent
Andrew Brown asks if the Church of England has become fatally disconnected from society.
Renowned social theorist Roberto Unger believes that left-of-centre progressives - his own political
The French are far more attached to the idea of a centralised, big state than their Anglo-Saxon coun
In America, there is talk of a "metropolitan revolution" as big cities reinvent themselves. Matthew
Syria's opposition movements comprise a diverse range of political and armed groups. But how do they
Quantitative Easing was the drug prescribed by economists to keep Western economies functioning in a
Charities have been drawn into the world of outsourced service provision, with the state as their bi
Last June, Edward Snowden, a man still in his twenties with, as he put it, "a home in paradise", wen
Barely a year after Egypt's post-revolution elections were held, millions of protestors took to the
With huge concern over tax avoidance, tax officials are the latest to be given increased powers of d
