King Trump and the Bubble Economy

King Trump and the Bubble Economy

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Is the West Losing Africa to China?

South Africa is one of the places where the 21st century is being made in real time. Against the backdrop of war in the Middle East, we ask what rising energy prices mean for countries already struggling with poverty, unemployment and fragile infrastructure. If you want to see th ...  Show more

Why Some Countries Create Jobs and Others Export People

Broadcasting from South Africa, a country of huge energy, huge potential, and brutally high unemployment, we use that lens to ask what actually creates jobs? From there, we go back to Ireland in 1990, when employment had barely moved in forty years and emigration still felt like ...  Show more

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