The Business podcast

Can we increase social mobility by reforming internships, or should they simply be abolished? Aditya Chakrabortty is joined by Ross Perlin, author of Intern Nation

Social networking companies are becoming hot property. But does their high valuation indicate a new dotcom bubble? Plus: we examine the candidates vying to become the new head of the IMF; and a new hip-hop track charting the battle between Hayek and Keynes

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest and the future of the IMF; Japan's economic recovery; and Google's chief economist Hal Varian on how the spread of information can prevent banking crises

Our expert panel discusses the mis-selling of payment protection insurance to millions of customers and the debt crisis facing Greece and threatening the euro

Phillip Blond, Shiv Malik, Nils Pratley and Andrew Simms discuss the growing power of supermarkets; the windfall tax on energy companies in the North sea; and Portugal's bailout

The richest in society are pulling ever further from the rest in terms of income, but is the gap important? If so what can be done about it. Danny Dorling, Peter Saunders, Polly Toynbee and Max Wind-Cowie discuss the economics of inequality

High street shops are hoping for an Easter bounce but conditions are the worst for over a decade; the US has been warned its debt rating may be downgraded; plus we investigate a 'perfect storm' in the charity sector

The panel discuss what should have been included in Sir John Vickers' Independent Commission for Banking report

We discuss the prospects of Portugal seeking rescue funds from the IMF and EU, and ask whether the US dollar can remain the world's top reserve currency

Polly Toynbee, Ian Brinkley and Clifford Singer discuss the role of trade unions in the debate on cuts, growth and unemployment; plus economist Diane Coyle discusses her influential new book The Economics of Enough

Larry Elliott, Martin Kettle, Polly Toynbee and Tom Clark discuss the budget announcement from chancellor George Osborne

Edward Glaeser, Jonathan Glancey and John Vidal discuss why more than half of the world's population now lives in cities and the economic and social forces behind this trend

Andrew Clark and Larry Elliott discuss the implications of an oil price spike; and Christopher Bones discusses his latest book The Cult of the Leader

Roman Frydman, David Tuckett and Phillip Inman join Heather Stewart to discuss the failure of mathematical models during the financial crisis

One in five adults under 25 are out of work, according to recent unemployment figures. Our expert panel discuss whether Britain is raising a 'lost generation'