On the latest edition of The Business, Aditya Chakrabortty hears from Richard Adams and Wall Street correspondent Andrew Clark, who give their verdict on Barack Obama's handling of the economy in his first hundred days in office. How will the new president turn around this crisis? And are we able yet to really put our finger on Obamanomics?
Also in the podcast, Deborah Hargreaves and Jill Treanor analyse the true impact of the new 50p tax plan announced in last week's budget. Has the government merely made a political gesture here? What about the benefits of trickle-down economics? And when the going gets tough, will the super-rich get going?
Finally, social entrepreneur Rod Schwartz discusses the softer side of money by talking about charity, seed-funding and angel investment - and how they've been hit by the downturn
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