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Day 4 of the Great American Shutdown
The great American shutdown goes on. The politicians who can't agree a budget have still got jobs and still get paid...but it's not the same for everyone.
The great American shutdown goes on. The politicians who can't agree a budget have still got jobs and still get paid...but it's not the same for everyone. Also in the programme today: dark skies ahead for Europe's struggling airlines and their workers; in the wake of the global financial crisis, has the political Left missed its greatest ever opportunity to come up with an alternative to capitalism? And the business of queuing - it's not just polite, it could be good for your prospects too.
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Fri 4 Oct 201300:06GMT
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