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Monitoring in the post lockdown office
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How much should employers know about their workers as people head back to the office? Companies have a duty of care to make sure their workers are saf...
Should we keep paying workers to stay at home?
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Governments are spending billions paying wages to workers who are no longer able to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. How long can we keep this up...
Venezuela: 'The world's weakest economy?'
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A third of Venezuela's population is at risk of malnutrition, according to the UN and the latest gasoline crisis could weaken the country's economy fu...
Business Weekly
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you feed a world in lockdown? We’ll be looking at the pressures on the global food supply chain in this episode of Business Weekly. As many c...
Coal vs coronavirus
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coal has suffered the brunt of the huge slump in electricity demand as the world has gone into lockdown. It has highlighted the fossil fuel's Achilles...
Billionaires and the Pandemic
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the world’s richest people have been digging deep during the pandemic, donating their own money to help fight Covid-19. With some of the wea...
Feeding a world in lockdown
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lockdowns and the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted global food supply chains and limited the range of products on supermarket shelves in the rich w...
How to build a bailout
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus is prompting the biggest government bailout effort of all time. Billions of dollars are being spent rescuing companies hit by the economic...
Business Weekly
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Business Weekly we hear from New York chef Gabrielle Hamilton who’s lost her life's work to the pandemic and is worrying about her future and tha...
Markets and the economy: Two staggering drunks
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why are stock markets so buoyant as the global economy slides into a possible coronavirus-induced depression? Some 33 million Americans have lost thei...
Bringing back football
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The English Premier League's plans to finish the season after weeks of shutdown. Almost all major European football leagues have been on hold since Ma...
How coronavirus broke Brazil's economic dream
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could economy minister Paulo Guedes be the next key ally to abandon embattled President Bolsonaro?A corruption scandal has already seen the popular ju...
After Coronavirus: A Trans-Tasman travel bubble?
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand is seen by many as a great example of surviving coronavirus, but with such a tourism-heavy economy there are concerns a further shock is t...
Losing your business to the pandemic
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Hamilton used to run the celebrated New York restaurant Prune. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. After being forced to shut the place that ...
Welcome to Business Weekly
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The most compelling reports and interviews from the BBC's business programmes over the past week, examining the huge issues facing policymakers and as...
Single parents in lockdown
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Living under lockdown is challenging for everyone, but for hundreds of millions of single parents around the world, it can be a terrifying ordeal. It’...
The rise of contact tracing apps
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Governments around the world are planning to roll out contact tracing apps to help contain the spread of coronavirus. But will they work? Ed Butler sp...
The ethics of pricing lives
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's Business Daily we're asking some awkward, often neglected questions - will the economic recession itself prove more fatal than coronavirus?...
Remittances: When the money stops coming in
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The World Bank has warned global remittances, which is the money migrant workers send home, will fall by around 20% in 2020 because of coronavirus. Th...
Coronavirus: Can small businesses survive?
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus has derailed the global economy, closing entire business chains across the world. Big companies may have the collateral to withstand the s...
A new normal
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Countries in Europe are planning to scale back lockdown measures and reopen their economies. But what will the new normal look like? Ed Butler speaks ...
A moment of truth for the EU
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A crunch meeting of EU leaders today aims to finally show Italy and others solidarity in the struggle against coronavirus.A plan is gaining momentum f...
Coronavirus: End of the global supply chain?
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With factories around the world shuttered during the coronavirus outbreak, we’re asking whether the world’s intricate global supply chains will co...
Climate change and the pandemic
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In many cities, pollution has reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic, but what will happen to the environment when economies get going again? The year a...
Tenants v landlords
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Amazon’s pandemic
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon sees itself as providing an essential service during the coronavirus pandemic, but staff at its huge network of warehouses are worried they’r...
Coronavirus in Africa
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus has been slow to arrive in Africa but the continent has been warned the wave is coming. South Africa has so far been the hardest hit and i...
The great coronavirus oil glut
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Demand for fuel has collapsed amid the coronavirus lockdowns, but the world keeps on pumping more crude and is fast running out of space to store it a...
Comedy in a crisis
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From marauding goats to comedy dance routines in gardens, Business Daily’s Vivienne Nunis takes a look at the memes and videos helping many of us ge...
Coronavirus and the surveillance state
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the continued struggle to keep people clear of others infected with coronavirus, one tech company, ClearView, says its controversial facial recogni...
Coronavirus in Asia’s biggest slum
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In one of the most densely populated areas in the world, the residents of Mumbai’s Dharavi slums have little recourse to practice the social distanc...
Can technology deliver in African skies?
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Prescott reports from Rwanda, where technology is central to the government’s economic plans. Katie sees the challenge of a sparse road networ...
Who will foot the coronavirus bill?
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Governments are throwing trillions of dollars at rescuing their economies from the Covid-19 pandemic, but how can they afford it all, and whatever hap...
Coronavirus pushes Europe to the edge
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the deaths and economic damage from Covid-19 continue to rise, Italians are asking why the EU is doing so little to help in their time of need.The ...
Will there be a vaccine?
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A vaccine is the magic bullet that would end the coronavirus pandemic, but how many months will it take to find, and will it be available to all?Justi...
Coronavirus: The race to find a treatment
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers at universities and pharmaceutical companies are rushing to identify drugs that might help cut the number of deaths from Covid-19 and take...
Coronavirus in confinement
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While much of the world is trying to practice social distance, people in confinement have little option to do so. We take a look at the famously overc...
Coronavirus: Preppers and the Pandemic
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They’ve been preparing for the worst for decades, but are survivalists, or “preppers,” really ready for the coronavirus outbreak? Ron Hubbard, o...
Giving care in crisis
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the coronavirus outbreak worsens in many areas, the mental health of those providing frontline care is under strain. We’ll hear from one care wor...
The cost of lockdown in the developing world
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Already the growing restrictions have caused turmoil in India's big cit...
Are there exit strategies for coronavirus?
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As many countries and cities around the western world go into lockdown, China is beginning to ease restrictions, claiming several days with no new dom...
The working from home challenge
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Snapshots of working from home across the world, as the coronavirus outbreak increases in intensity. From Kaitlin Funaro in LA to Katy Watson in Brazi...
Do we have the right data on coronavirus?
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we face an economic collapse caused by the global coronavirus outbreak, data becomes more valuable than ever. John Ioannidis, Stanford professor of...
Life under lockdown
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is life like under lockdown in some of the world’s poorest cities? We hear from Nairobi and Manila, two cities facing tough measures to combat ...
Coronavirus: Where's the joined-up thinking?
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can be learned from East Asia's response to Covid-19, and from West Africa's Ebola epidemic? And why hasn't there been a unifed global response t...
Can the private sector help struggling hospitals?
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hand-gels, face masks, even nasal swabs – as the coronavirus spreads, health services are reporting a growing number of shortages at the moment as s...
Can airlines survive coronavirus?
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Travel restrictions and a slump in demand due to the coronavirus have forced airlines to cancel most flights and temporarily reduce staff. Will this m...
Coronavirus: Can the risk be contained?
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US has cut interest rates to almost zero and launched a $700bn stimulus programme in a bid to protect the economy from the effect of coronavirus. ...
Wet markets and the coronavirus
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Where the coronavirus came from and why these diseases aren't a one-off. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Dr Juan Lubroth, former chief veterinary officer a...
The great North Korean crypto hack
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto-currency and cybercrime have together provided the DPRK with the hard currency it needed to continue with its nuclear weapons programme.Ed Butl...
How to stop coronavirus crashing your economy
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As much of Italy goes into self-imposed quarantine, what can the authorities do to stop empty shops and restaurants going bust?It's an urgent question...
The psychology of panic buying
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How the spread of coronavirus is changing consumer behaviour. Elizabeth Hotson goes on the hunt for toilet paper and hand sanitizer on the streets of ...
The superforecasters
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to predict the future and beat the wisdom of the crowds. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Warren Hatch, chief executive of Good Judgement, a consultancy...
The great face hack
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tech start-up Clearview scraped billions of people's public photos off social media, and then sold their facial recognition service to police forces, ...
Coronavirus: Global recession?
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Central banks are rushing to provide liquidity as many fear that the disruption from the coronavirus outbreak could push the world into technical rece...
Do stock-pickers have a future?
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Research suggests that they underperform robot traders, and most can't even beat the market, so are the days of the celebrity investors and stock mark...
Moving Uighur workers in China
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A new report brings together fresh evidence of the forced transportation of Uighur Muslims from Xinjiang province to provide labour in factories acros...
Trump's immigration crackdown
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How fewer Latin Americans crossing the US border is affecting the economy. Alice Fordham reports from Juarez on the Mexican side of the border on the ...
Firestone and Liberia
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rubber is Liberia's most important cash crop, and the Firestone Libera rubber plantation is the country's biggest employer. But the company faces accu...
Coronavirus: Fake news goes viral
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Misinformation about the coronavirus outbreak is undermining the efforts of health officials and medical researchers to contain it.Doctors find themse...
Supermarket archaeology
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can soap boxes, sweet wrappers and tin cans tell us about our shopping history? Manuela Saragosa visits Robert Opie at his Museum of Brands, Pack...
A single West African currency
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some West African countries already use a single currency - the CFA franc. Now there are plans to introduce a broader shared currency - the eco - acro...
Cognac and hip hop
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How brands forge strong relationships with music, from Cognac brands like Hennessy and Courvoisier to Coca Cola's Sprite. Elizabeth Hotson speaks to c...
The Airbnb rental scammers
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the holiday lettings platform prepares for an IPO, what is Airbnb doing to clamp down on bogus, unregulated and unsafe property listings?Ed Butler ...
3D-printed pills
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could the much-hyped technology of 3D printing have found a useful application - producing personalised prescription pills?Ed Butler visits the lab of...
Why you should hire an ex con
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Should employers simply stop asking job applicants if they have a criminal record? Tamasin Ford speaks to one American bakery that did exactly that. L...
A robot future and how to handle it
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What will happen to our working lives when the robots take over? Daniel Susskind, an economist at Oxford University, discusses his new book A World Wi...
EU farm subsidies: who's benefiting?
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is the European farm subsidy system being left vulnerable to corruption? Each year the EU pays out billions of euros to landowners. But a New York Tim...
The case for free trade
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Does the backlash against globalisation ignore the huge benefits of world trade? And how realistic are post-Brexit Britain's ambitions to become a glo...
Firing workers in Virtual Reality
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Virtual Reality is finding a surprising new application - training managers how to handle delicate situations such as dismissing employees or giving p...
Tesla: To infinity and beyond
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla's share price has tripled in the last six months - can anyone stop it, or even make sense of it?Ed Butler speaks to Craig Irwin, stock analyst a...
Coronavirus: A shortage of masks
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The business impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Ed Butler speaks to the BBC's Robin Brant in Shanghai about the partial return of Chinese workers in ...
When a work colleague dies
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How companies and staff deal with death at work. Manuela Saragosa hears from Carina, an employee at a global marketing company who saw the mistakes he...
Out of jail but not out of work
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Unemployment in the US and UK is at near-historic lows. In such a tight labour market, many companies are seeking new pools of talent to recruit from....
Saudi money, English Football
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A multi-million pound takeover of the English Premier League team Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund could be in the works.BBC S...
Will immersive tech ever go mainstream?
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality have been around for years, and billions have been spent on popularising them, so far to little avail.Ed Butler ...
So is the future hydrogen?
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The gas could provide the critical missing piece in decarbonising the global economy. But can the hydrogen itself be sourced cheaply and carbon-free?O...
Does coal have a future?
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Burning coal to generate electricity is one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions. But climate change aside, does it even make commercial sense a...
Brexit day, Brexit visions
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the UK officially leaves the EU, what kind of economic future should it aim for? Should it be left entirely open to free market forces, or should t...
Does quarantining do more harm than good?
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How will China's efforts to contain the corona virus affect the country's economy? Ed Butler asks our economics correspondent Andrew Walker, as well a...
Britain's Huawei gamble
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The UK's decision to give the Chinese telecoms equipment maker partial access to its 5G network risks trade retaliation from the US. But a decision to...
Chinese forced labour: The brands
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are Western brands doing enough to keep forced labour out of their supply chains? Ed Butler speaks to researcher Darren Byler at the University of Col...
Forced labour in China
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, where perhaps 1.5 million Uighur Muslims are believed to be held in what Chinese authorities ca...
What next for Africa's richest woman?
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Isabel dos Santos faces charges in her native Angola. The daughter of the former long-time president is accused of corruption after a leak of document...
The products used again and again and again...
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why don't more manufacturers embrace the principles of the circular economy? It's a pertinent question, given the dire state of the recycling industry...
Mapping paradise
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Prescott revisits the efforts of the Zanzibar government to chart its territory by flying drones across the African spice island.A year ago she ...
Cities at a standstill
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How strikes and protests affect the economies of major cities. Will Bain visits Paris to see how strikes on the transport network are affecting local ...
Being watched at work
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The monitoring of employees in the workplace is becoming commonplace. Ed Butler speaks to Sean Petterson, boss of StrongArm Technologies, a company th...
Insomnia and the smartphone
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Modern tech is accused of interfering with our sleep, keeping us up late anxiously staring at our phone screens. But could a phone app provide the cur...
Microworkers teaching robots
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How the rise of 'microwork' is helping develop artificial intelligence. Ed Butler speaks to New York Times reporter Andy Newman about his experience o...
Where has all the good soil gone?
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Soil degradation is reducing crop yields and adding to climate change. It's a big headache not just for farmers, but for all of us.But fear not, as Ed...
The power-hungry internet
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why our growing use of technology is a threat to the planet. Ed Butler speaks to Ian Bitterlin, a visiting professor at the University of Leeds in the...
The next big thing
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How easy is it to predict where tech will take us in the next decade, and have we hit a plateau in the pace of innovation?Manuela Saragosa speaks to a...
Brand Meghan and Harry
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Royal brands and the value of the monarchy. Manuela Saragosa speaks to the BBC's royal correspondent Jonny Dymond about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle...
OK Boomer...
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are millennials being given a financial raw deal by their parents' generation? And who do the Baby Boomers expect to pay for their retirement?Manuela ...
North Korea: Suffering under sanctions?
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does North Korea raise foreign currency, and are the toughest economic sanctions in the world actually having any effect?Ed Butler looks at one of...
Uber and Lyft vs California
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A battle is looming over the future of the gig economy. A law classifying Uber and Lyft drivers as employees came into force in California on 1 Januar...
The US and China in 2020
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How the battle of the superpowers might unfold this year. Ed Butler speaks to Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group, Linda Yueh, eco...
LA's housing crisis
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Regan Morris looks at the housing crisis in LA where around 60,000 rough sleepers bed down each night. In a city of sky high rents and scarce availabi...
The workplace re-imagined
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a new decade dawns, Elizabeth Hotson asks if workplace design needs to be rethought to make work a more positive experience. We visit London-based ...