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Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd

136. STRINGS ATTACHED: designing better bailouts

Season 1, Ep. 136
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Hello! Some sectors are likely to need further support during this crisis. But should government attach conditions to corporate bailouts, or even seek an equity stake in bailed out companies? Danish MP Rune Lund explains why everyone’s talking about Denmark’s approach. Then Common Wealth’s Adrienne Buller and economist Mariana Mazzucato discuss the conditions they’d like to see over here.


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Former table tennis champion turned best-selling author Matthew Syed chats about his book on the importance of diverse thinking.

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