Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20150203 | If the statistics can be believed, over the last 30 years the gap between rich and poor in the West has grown as cavernous as it was in the Nineteenth Century. Income and wealth inequality - seen as almost a good thing back in the 1980s - now raises alarm across the UK political spectrum. But who are the 1%? How have they made their wealth? And why have the rest of us seemingly been left behind? Robert Peston speaks to leading policymakers and opinion shapers as he charts the new consensus that inequality is the biggest economic challenge we face. Robert Peston explores the alarmingly widening gap between rich and poor since the 1980s. Robert Peston investigates the rise in financial inequality since the 1980s. |
| 02 | 20150210 | If the statistics can be believed, over the last 30 years the gap between rich and poor in the West has grown as cavernous as it was in the Nineteenth Century. In the second of two programmes, the BBC's Economics Editor Robert Peston asks whether anything can or should be done about it. Are cheap wages inevitable if we want to compete with the likes of China? Can you tax the super-rich - or will they just move their wealth abroad? And do we all face the risk of losing our cosy, well-paid jobs to robots? Robert poses these and other troubling questions as he speaks to a tech guru, psychologists and a comedian, among others. Robert Peston explores the alarmingly widening gap between rich and poor since the 1980s. Robert Peston investigates the rise in financial inequality since the 1980s. |