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Currency wars and tax regimes Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University), Evan Davis (The Open University)

10 February 2011

As nations battle by printing currency, and the coalition struggle with how much to tax the banks, Janette Rutterford and Evan Davis take a cool...  Read more : Currency wars and tax regimes

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Debate: What Barack believesJupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 November 2009

Community member Thespian was impressed by Obama's oratory, but wanted to know what lies beneath  Read more : Debate: What Barack believes

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Evan Davis on... American capitalism Featuring: video,audio, Jupiter Images

By Evan Davis (The Open University)

18 June 2009

Isn't pizza an Italian invention? After The Bottom Line looked at pizza, Evan Davis wonders how it joined hamburgers and cappuccino as successes for American...  Read more : Evan Davis on... American capitalism

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Evan Davis on... the WalMart effect Featuring: video,audio, Simon Budgen

By Evan Davis (The Open University)

21 February 2009

After The Bottom Line looked at WalMart, Evan Davis was keen to find out what a declining economy has done to the WalMart effect.  Read more : Evan Davis on... the WalMart effect

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Is Utopia a pointless dream?BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

04 September 2008

Not short of a bob or two, Ian Hislop must know what it’s like to live in a perfect world. Or does he? Ever...  Read more : Is Utopia a pointless dream?

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A reader's guide to Revolutionary RoadNo Copyright Image US Government

By Dr Stephanie Forward (The Open University)

01 May 2008

Set against the Eisenhower Presidency, Revolutionary Road captures 1950s America - and preshadows what would come next.  Read more : A reader's guide to Revolutionary Road

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The meaning of ObamaCreative Commons Image Tony The Misfit under CC-BY licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

20 January 2008

Will his identity as an African-American prove to be the most important factor for Baraq Obama's success or failure as the Democrat candidate - and...  Read more : The meaning of Obama

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Iraq: Is history repeating itself?Production team

By The Big Question team (The Open University)

01 December 2004

In a few days time, [on June 30th], the Coalition Provisional Authority will transfer power to the interim government in Iraq. It will mark...  Read more : Iraq: Is history repeating itself?

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What swings elections?BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

01 December 2004

With the two main candidates contesting the 2004 US presidential election , Republican candidate George W Bush and Democrat John Kerry running neck and neck...  Read more : What swings elections?

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What is democracy?Production team

By The Big Question team (The Open University)

01 December 2004

It is the most widespread political system in the world. It is over 2000 years old, and it can have presidents, prime ministers and even...  Read more : What is democracy?

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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