The History of Booms, Busts and Bubbles: The South Sea Bubble
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The History of Booms, Busts and Bubbles
This week Rita Lobo discusses the South Sea Company, how it came about and what eventually led it to ruin. Joining Rita in talking about this is Dr. Helen Paul, a lecturer in Economics and Economic History from the University of Southampton.
The living wage has been a political hot topic recently and Nick has decided to find out more about if this is feasible and more importantly, what a national living wage could do to help the country. To discuss this issue with nick is Emma Kosmin, Program Manager from the Living Wage Foundation.
Nick Peters talks to Julie McCarthy, Head of Policy, Research and Communications at Working Families, about employers allowing more flexibility to their employers during work and whether this is a good thing.
Today Nick is finding out about business innovation, specifically within big businesses. He is joined by Dan Taylor, managing director at Market Gravity's North American branch and author of "The Secrets of Big Business Innovation".
Sarah Pennells talks with four experts from The Property Finders, John Howell & Co, The Overseas Guides Company and Simon Conn Overseas Property about buying property abroad.
Guests:
Barbar Wood, John Howell, Simon Conn, Stephen Tiley
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