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Economics with Subtitles

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith and Steve Bugeja present an everyday guide to economics.

Radio 4,4 episodes

Episodes

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Series 1
Coffins Full of Car Keys
Why we have interest rates, how we misunderstand them - and a curious coffin connection.
29 Aug 2018,26 mins
Series 1
How Condoms Can Cost a Week's Wages
Inflation can change your sex life - and pretty much everything else.
22 Aug 2018,28 mins
Series 1
Bracelets for Bullets
Why an Essex mum wanted her jewellery melted down and what it says about government debt.
15 Aug 2018,26 mins
Series 1
How Buying Cocaine Helps the Government
The surprising story of GDP and whether it is time to change how we measure our economy.
08 Aug 2018,28 mins