The Employment Conundrum

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Sangita Myska takes a deep dive into some of the biggest problems facing Britain today - and meets the people whose big ideas might solve them. This week, as Britain stares down the barrel of a historic unemployment crisis, it’s time to figure out how to make work work. From Germany, there’s an old idea that’s worked for centuries - but never been tried here - that brings the heavy hand of the state and a sense of communal sacrifice to bear in staving off layoffs. But are we thinking about this all wrong? Sangita also explores the possibility that what we need to be more worried about is how mass unemployment creates a labour market that exploits workers and pays poverty wages - something a new generation of tech savvy collectives have a plan to prevent. Presenter: Sangita Myska Producers: Tara Holmes and Robert Nicholson Executive Producer: David Prest A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4