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World Service,11 Oct 2017,17 mins

The Price of Independence

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Catalonia is pushing for independence, but at what cost to the economy? We hear from businesses in Barcelona worried about the economic impact of political instability, and Rafael Hortala-Vallve from the London School of Economics discusses the wider impact on Europe. Also on the programme: Is your workplace really a dictatorship? Elizabeth Anderson, professor of philosophy and women's studies at the University of Michigan, argues that employers are really a form of private government. (Photo: Pro-independence protesters in Barcelona, Credit: Getty Images)

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