Main content
Bunga-Bunga and Wonga-Wonga
Why it is that wonga-wonga not bunga-bunga, is upsetting Italians. Also, why the gangs of heavily armed kidnappers shouldn't worry holidaymakers in Kenya.
Forget the bunga-bunga sex scandal, it is the wonga-wonga that is worrying most ordinary Italians - the country's vast government debt.
So why aren't the Italians taking to the streets as the Greeks are?
A question Justin Rowlatt puts to Professor Fiorella Kostoris, an economist at Rome University.
Also, why the gangs of heavily armed kidnappers shouldn't worry holidaymakers in Kenya
Last on
Thu 20 Oct 201111:32GMT
BBC World Service Online
More episodes
Previous
Broadcasts
- Thu 20 Oct 201107:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Thu 20 Oct 201111:32GMTBBC World Service Online
Podcast
![]()
Business Daily
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

