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Summary: The top business brains from the Guardian and the Observer come together for a weekly dose of economic reality. Hosted by Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty.

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Podcasts:

 The Business: Trouble at the Treasury | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:07

David Laws resigns, where will growth come from in the eurozone, and what will happen to BP?

 The Business: £6bn of penny pinching | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:25

The impact of the government's spending cuts, plus Justin Fox on why the markets aren't always right

 The Business: BA squeezes the unions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:55

The high court decides to block a strike by BA's cabin crew; the coalition's first economic announcements; plus Osborne v Cable

 The Business: Will the eurozone bailout avert meltdown? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:35

Europe's €750bn bailout, plus Gordon Brown's economic legacy

 The Business: BP's PR disaster | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:30

BP's PR strategy, the markets will open early for the election, and the future of the single currency

 The Business: Goldman Sachs in the Senate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:13

Goldman Sachs' Senate appearance, Obama's banking reform failure, plus was the financial crisis predictable and necessary?

 The Business: the Goldman Sachs prosecution and the Lib Dem manifesto | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:32

The prosecution of Goldman Sachs; what the Liberal Democrats say about the economy and the lessons to be learned from the volcano crisis

 The Business: The role of the economy in the election | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:31

Is getting the backing of businesses a help or a hindrance for getting votes, plus the economic detail of the manifestos

 The Business: The food industry and the next big crisis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:30

We take an in depth look at the food industry in this week's show. David Kessler and Richard Watts are in the studio to discuss the responsibilities of producers of 'junk food'. Plus influential economist Carmen Reinhart on the next big crisis: government debt

 The Business: 'Obliquity' and how to do business in China | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:51

John Kay, author of Obliquity, joins us for a discussion of why goals are best met obliquely, the battle for control of the Treasury and how businesses deal with China

 Podcast special: Budget 2010 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:13

Our team of experts discuss the winners and losers in the chancellor's final budget before the general election

 The Business: British Airways vs the unions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:31

With up to 30,000 BA cabin crew ready to strike at the weekend we look at how damaging the affair will be to the airline – and the Labour party

 The Business: Lord Myners, a European IMF, and the Red Knights | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:30

City minister Lord Myners calls for an end to free market fundamentalism. Plus, 'unbelievable' plans for a European Monetary Fund, and the Red Knights prepare to battle the Glazer family for Manchester United

 The Business: The plunging pound and Conservative economic policy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:25

Fears of a hung parliament put pressure on the pound. And, just weeks before the election, why are we still no clearer to understanding George Osborne's economic plans?

 The Business: The great banking cash-back | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:25

Why bank bosses are handing back money, and the effect of a hung parliament on Britain's economy

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