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World Service,19 Jul 2010,18 mins

How high will unemployment go?

Business Daily

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The head of the OECD on global joblessness and what can be done. Angel Gurria reflects on one of the most serious economic and social problems for this planet, and what might be done to soften it. Plus, bombs and business in Pakistan. How the economy keeps growing despite savage political violence. We talk to two prominent Pakistani business leaders about how the violence affects normal business life. And, Lucy Kellaway wonders whether what gets said on the web really alters opinions.

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