BBC Radio Podcasts from This is Capitalism

2009: Our House - Episode 5

How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 2009?

How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1997?

How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1988?

How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1979?

How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 1968?

Paul wants to retire early, but his wife Julie says he can’t afford to.

In this programme we meet Fiona, who is frustrated by her son's attitude towards money.

20-somethings, Ben and Fay have just moved in together, but can they agree on finances?

Cliff and Poppy own a cafe together but their financial mind-sets are miles apart.

David Grossman enters the strange world of high speed financial trading.

A blow by blow account of the bank bailout from inside No 10.

Discovering an epidemic of capable professionals driven by a belief in their inadequacy

Did anyone see the financial crash of 2008 coming? Aditya Chakrabortty investigates.

Should we be concerned about the size and power of the tech giants?

Banking used to be a laid-back profession involving long lunches - what has changed?

David Grossman asks whether free-market and state capitalist systems can coexist fairly.

Does the digital economy rate efficiency and lower prices above human values?

Who wins in the new world of ultra-fast financial transactions?

Discovering how and when money is created plus a radical Swiss idea for monetary reform

Over the last two decades South America has witnessed a series of economic experiments

David Grossman considers the impact that artificial intelligence could have on society

Feeling the need to check your smartphone? Then you're part of the attention economy.

David Grossman tells ten stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.