Analysis

EU withdrawal is being seriously discussed for the first time in a generation. But how would it work? In a programme previously broadcast on 16 November 2009, Analysis looks at the Lisbon Treaty, which contains a clause setting out an exit process. But, as Chris Bowlby reports, the final deal between Britain and its former EU partners would depend a lot on the mood of their "divorce" - amicable or acrimonious. We hope you enjoy this programme - which we offer you while Analysis is off air.

Storytelling is an art that our politicians are keen to use on us. But are their stories getting in the way of making the right decisions? In a programme previously broadcast on 21 February 2008, Frances Stonor Saunders finds that the desire for a dramatic narrative arc can sometimes lead us to ignore the humdrum but important facts. The programme includes an interview with the late Philip Gould. We hope you enjoy this programme - which we offer you while Analysis is off air.

Banks are underwritten by the government in Britain. But should the taxpayer bail out so-called casino banks? In a programme previously broadcast on 1 February 2010 - Edward Stourton talks to the growing band of experts who believe that risk-taking investment banks should be forced to face the consequences of their losses. We hope you enjoy this programme - which we offer you while Analysis is off air.

Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator of the Financial Times asks what changes are neeeded to the global financial system if the world is to fully recover from the worst economic crisis since the depression of the 1930s. Contributors include: Larry Summers, of Harvard and former member of Barack Obama's economic team; Zhu Min, deputy managing director, IMF and formerly of the Bank of China and Adair Turner, FSA chairman. Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, examines how the world economy has changed since the beginning of the financial crisis four years ago. Contributors include US Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde and FSA chairman Adair Turner.

Professor Robert Frank tells an audience at the LSE that Darwin was a greater economist than Adam Smith. Newsnight's economics editor, Paul Mason, asks him to explain why.

We talk much of personal leadership being the key to change in, say, politics or business. But how much can such figures really influence events? Michael Blastland investigates.

David Goodhart meets the politicians who claim to advocate on behalf of Britain's black communities and asks how the ideologies of black politics have changed since the 1980s. The programme hears from David Lammy MP, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Tory activist Shaun Bailey, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips, 1980s Black Sections politician Linda Bellos, and Stafford Scott, who was a community leader during the time of the 1985 Tottenham riots."

Frances Stonor Saunders investigates how the UK government uses culture as a tool of soft power and asks whether it does any good for culture or diplomacy.

As opinion polls suggest that half of Britons would vote to leave Europe altogether, Edward Stourton asks if the political class is now catching up with public opinion on the EU. The programme hears from several Eurosceptic Conservative MPs who feel that the issue is so sensitive that they want to remain anonymous. Edward Stourton also questions Conservative Home's Tim Montogomerie, former Chancellor Norman Lamont, Blue Labour peer Lord Glasman, and Director of the People's Pledge Mark Seddon."

Owen Bennett Jones looks at the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, regarded by some in the West as terrorists and others in the Middle East as a resistance organisation.

The government is committed to protecting the aid budget. Frances Cairncross asks if actually cutting state aid and relaxing immigration controls is a better way to combat poverty.

With Colonel Gaddafi gone, Hugh Miles asks if Libya could transform itself into an Islamic capitalist model for the entire Middle East.

On the topic of riots, philosopher Roger Scruton tells us, "What needs explaining is why they don't occur, not why they do." Presenter Jamie Whyte searches for some answers.

John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek are regarded as two of the twentieth century’s greatest economists. Modern day followers came together at the London School of Economics to debate the ideas of their intellectual heroes. The event was chaired by BBC Newsnight Economics Editor, Paul Mason.