Rank #1: Gentrification

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Rank #2: Hezbollah

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Rank #3: Behavioural Science and the Pandemic

That theory may have been based on a misunderstanding of how this particular virus behaved.
The second narrative was based on the idea of “behavioural fatigue”. This centred around the notion that the public will only tolerate a lockdown for so long so it was crucial to wait for the right moment to initiate it. Go too soon, and you might find that people would not comply later on.
It turns out that this theory was also wrong. And based on a fundamental misunderstanding of human behaviour.
Despite photos of packed parks, crammed beaches and VE day conga lines, on the whole the British public complied beyond most people’s expectations.
So what informed the government’s decision making?In this programme we ask, what is “behavioural fatigue”, where did it come from, how much influence did it have on the UK’s late lockdown, and where does Nudge theory fit into the narrative?
Presenter: Sonia Sodha
Producer: Gemma Newby
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Rank #4: Is Talent a Thing?

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Rank #5: Edward Snowden: Leaker, Saviour, Traitor, Spy?

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Rank #6: Brexit: What Europe Wants

As a younger man, Anand Menon spent a care-free summer Inter-railing around Europe. Some decades later, and now a professor of European politics, he's taking to the rails again - this time with a more specific purpose. While British ministers squabble over what they want for a post-Brexit UK, less attention is paid to the other 27 countries in the negotiations. Each can veto any long-term deal between Britain and the European Union. And each, critically, has its own politics to worry about. Professor Menon visits four European countries where politicians will face their electorates next year. What forces will decide their political survival? And how will those forces shape the EU's future relationship with the UK?
Producer: Simon Maybin.
Nov 14 2016
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Rank #7: Get woke or go broke?

Contributors:
Dr Eliane Glaser - author of Get Real: How to See Through the Hype, Spin and Lies in Modern Life
Dan Mobley - Corporate Relations Director, Diageo
Saker Nusseibeh - Chief Executive at Hermes Investment
Anand Giridharadas - author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Kris Brown - president of Brady United, a gun violence prevention organisation
Abas Mirzaei - Professor of Marketing at Macquarie Business School
Doug Stewart - Chief Executive of Green Energy UK
Producer: Ben Carter
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Jan 27 2020
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Rank #8: What is Wahhabism?

In this edition of Analysis, Edward Stourton asks what is - and what isn't - Wahhabism? He explores the foundation of this fundamentalist form of Islam, the evolution of its interpretation in Saudi Arabia, and asks what power and influence it has across the globe.
Founded by the Arabian scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, this form of Salafi Islam sought to purify the religion by returning to its original principles. Ibn Abd al-Wahab was part of a broader Muslim reform movement which promoted a return to the texts of the Quran and Hadith and, controversially, questioned the teachings of Islamic scholars of the day, who formed part of a chain of knowledge stretching back centuries.
What is said to be a very literal translation of Islam is now an inspiration for modern-day Muslim hardliners, who view a binary world of believers and non-believers, strict social rules and adherence to Sharia law - but how close is this to the teachings of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
CONTRIBUTORS
Shaykh Dr Usama Hasan, The Quilliam Foundation
Abu Khadeejah, Salafi scholar
Prof Natana DeLong-Bas, Boston College, Massachusetts
Prof Madawi Al-Rasheed, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Shaykh Ruzwan Mohammed, Sunni theologian
PRODUCER: Richard Fenton-Smith
EDITOR: Innes Bowen
Feb 10 2014
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Rank #9: Implicit Bias

Producer: Ben Carter.
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Rank #10: Ritual Sexual Abuse: The Anatomy of a Panic (Part 1)

In the first of two programmes, Aaronovitch will examine the role played by unproven psychoanalytic theories which, from the 1980s, spread from the world of therapists in Canada and the USA to social work, medicine and then to law enforcement in Britain.
From the NSPCC to academia it was believed that children were being sexually abused in group Satanic rituals, which involved murder and animal sacrifice. The programme will explore how these bizarre ideas took hold, how they were related to mistaken psychotherapeutic practices, and how they resonate still.
The programme will look at the influences of four books which played a key role in influencing the intellectual and cultural climate. These are Sybil, Michelle Remembers, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and The Courage to Heal.
Producer: Hannah Barnes
Contributors:
Rosie Waterhouse - Investigative Journalist; Head of MA in investigative journalism at City University
Debbie Nathan - Investigative Journalist and Author
Tim Tate - Television Producer and Director
Sue Hampson - Former counsellor, and now Director of Safe to Say Trauma Informed Training and Consultancy
Roma Hart - Former Multiple Personality Disorder patient, who has retracted claims she was abused in childhood.
May 25 2015
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Rank #11: Varieties of Capitalism

Some British politicians, from both the left and right, are somewhat starry-eyed when it comes to the way other countries run their economy and have even suggested the UK could improve its lot by importing practices found across Scandinavia and Germany. But is that remotely possible?
In this edition of Analysis, Britain politics correspondent for The Economist Jeremy Cliffe investigates the different forms of capitalism defined by the Varieties of Capitalism school - most-famous for the book of the same name published in 2001.
He begins by working out what makes a 'Liberal Market Economy' and a 'Coordinated Market Economy', and then digs deeper to find out how these different models formed in the first place.
He discovers a deep web of intertwined government institutions which have been shaped over decades and centuries by each individual country's culture. It turns out that transplanting a different way of doing things from one country to another is just not that simple - but does that mean politicians should just give up trying to do something different?
Producer: Richard Fenton-Smith.
Jun 23 2014
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Rank #12: Roberto Unger

In front of an audience at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Roberto Unger discusses with presenter Jo Fidgen the reasons for his critical appraisal of the progressive left in the United States and Europe. He sets out what he believes its alternative agenda should be and gives his verdict on another of his former students: Ed Miliband.
Roberto Mangabeira Unger is the Roscoe Pound professor at Harvard Law School. He served as a minister in the Brazilian government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2007-2009. His books include: "The Left Alternative"; "Democracy Realised"; and "The Self Awakened". His new book, published next year, will address a new theme: "The Religion of the Future".
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Producer: Simon Coates.
Nov 18 2013
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Rank #13: Are we heading for a mass extinction?

Producers: Beth Sagar-Fenton and Josephine Casserley
Mar 18 2019
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Rank #14: The Next Crash

Producer: Ben Carter
Nov 19 2018
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Rank #15: Courting Trouble

Producer: Chris Bowlby.
Nov 01 2017
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Rank #16: Radical Economics: Yo Hayek!

Over two weeks, Analysis investigates two schools of economics with radical solutions.
This week, Jamie Whyte looks at the free market Austrian School of FA Hayek. The global recession has revived interest in this area of economics, even inspiring an educational rap video.
"Austrian" economists believe that the banking crisis was caused by too much regulation rather than too little. The fact that interest rates are set by central banks rather than the market is at the heart of the problem, they argue. Artificially low interest rates sent out the wrong signals to investors, causing them to borrow to spend on "malinvestments", such as overpriced housing.
Jamie Whyte is head of research and publishing at Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm. He is a former lecturer in philosophy at Cambridge University and the author of Bad Thoughts: A Guide to Clear Thinking.
Contributors:
Prof Steven Horwitz, St Lawrence University, New York
Prof Larry White, George Mason University, Washington DC
Prof Robert Higgs, Independent Institute, California
Philip Booth, Institute of Economic Affairs
Steve Baker, Conservative MP
John Papola, co-creator Fear the Boom and Bust
Lord Robert Skidelsky, economic historian and biographer of John Maynard Keynes
Tim Congdon, founder, Lombard Street Research
Producer : Rosamund Jones
Next week, Newsnight's Economics Editor Paul Mason meets the economists of "financialisation" and asks whether the growth of credit has given birth to a new kind of capitalism.
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Rank #17: Quantitative Easing: Miracle Cure or Dangerous Addiction?

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Rank #18: The War for Normal

Peter Pomerantsev, author of an acclaimed book on the media in Putin's Russia, examines where this strategy began, how it is being exploited, the people caught in the middle, and the researchers trying to combat it. Because it is no longer just at the ‘fringes’ where this is happening – it is now a part of mainstream political life.
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Jan 28 2019
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Rank #19: Authenticity

Professor Rosie Campbell asks how we can make judgements about a politician's authenticity. Are politicians more trustworthy if they stick to their principles without compromise? Or is authenticity about revealing our true character, warts and all? And what is better for democracy? Authentic leaders who are straight talking and stick rigidly to their ideals or leaders who are willing to negotiate behind the scenes?
Producer: Ben Carter.
Nov 13 2017
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Rank #20: Ritual Sexual Abuse: The Anatomy of a Panic (Part 2)

In the second of two programmes, Aaronovitch re-examines the role played by unproven psychoanalytic theories which, from the 1980s, spread from the world of therapists in Canada and the USA to social work, medicine and then to law enforcement in Britain.
The programme explores the parallels between the belief in ritual abuse with some of the claims being made today about VIP paedophile rings and group murder.
Some of the mistakes of the past - such as the false accusations made against parents in the Orkneys and Rochdale of satanic abuse - have been acknowledged. But, Aaronovitch argues, without a profound understanding of how and why such moral panics arise we are unlikely to avoid similar mistakes in the future. And when such mistakes recur we risk an over-reaction and a return to a culture of denial.
Producer: Hannah Barnes
Contributors:
Rosie Waterhouse - Investigative Journalist; Head of MA in investigative journalism at City University
Debbie Nathan - Investigative Journalist and Author
Tim Tate - Television Producer and Director
Sue Hampson - Former counsellor, and now Director of Safe to Say Trauma Informed Training and Consultancy
Dr Sarah Nelson - Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh
Professor Richard McNally - Professor of Psychology at Harvard University
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