What's wrong with capitalism? This is Money podcast

Jun 10, 2016, 03:11 PM

It's not been a great week for big business? Sir Philip Green and the bosses at BHS have seen even greater criticism and Sports Direct's Mike Ashley was hauled in front of MPs.

So is our modern of big business capitalism going badly wrong?

Have we built an economy where it's low pay and bad conditions for the workers but huge rewards for the bosses?

Do we need to worry about inequality?

Simon Lambert and Rachel Rickard Straus, of This is Money, join Georgie Frost, of Share Radio, in the studio to tackle those thorny questions - and try to find some good news and put a smile on your face along the way.

In that good news corner comes a victory for borrowers over a bank that ripped up the tracker mortgage rule book and a reader who wants to know if they've struck it lucky with a rare 50p.

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