The world's major consulting firms make an estimated trillion dollars a year, directing governments and businesses on how best to govern. But the economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that outsourcing the brain power of governments to private firms is a dangerous trend.  Ed Butler asks her why she thinks it isn't money well spent. (Picture: Mariana Mazzucato. Credit: Getty Images) Presented and produced by Ed Butler

Business Daily meets: Mariana Mazzucato

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We head to the robot workshop home of Marty the robotical. Sandy Enoch founded the Scottish tech firm Robotical which creates educational robots. Produced and presented by Dougal Shaw. (Image: Marty the robot)

Business Daily meets: Robot inventor Sandy Enoch

Where next for the sometimes tricky relationship between football and crypto companies?  We look at how some of the biggest clubs, and players, have embraced crypto products, and what that means for supporters.  From fan engagement tokens to NFTs, advertised by the world’s biggest stars, to deals with Premier League clubs which turned out to be fraudulent. Is it putting fans in a potentially difficult financial position?  Or just giving them another way to support the team they love? Produced and presented by Imran Rahman-Jones (Referee Arda Kardeşler performs the pregame toss with a coin bearing the Bitcoin logo for a match between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe on May 8, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: Getty Images)

Crypto and football: Uneasy team mates

Picture a rock 'n' roll icon like Jimmy Page, or Jimmy Hendrix, and they've probably got an electric guitar in their hands. But, as classic rock - and classic rockers - continue to age, is the guitar industry struggling to attract younger customers? In six years, electric guitar company Gibson has gone from filing for bankruptcy to opening its first flagship store outside the US.  We hear from Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Grammy nominated singer James Bay, and one of the world's foremost female luthiers to find out whether the guitar's association with rock 'n' roll has become bad for business. Produced and presented by Will Chalk. (Image: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin performing on stage at Earl's Court, London, May 1975. Jimmy Page is playing a Gibson EDS-1275 double necked guitar. Credit: Getty Images)

Does the guitar have an image problem?

Sports betting is a relatively new industry in the US.  Until 2018 you could only legally bet on sports in the state on Nevada, the home to Las Vegas.  New Jersey was the first state to legalise sports betting six years ago and since then, a total of 38 states across America have done the same. Hannah Mullane looks at how the industry has grown so rapidly and discusses the consequences of the industry which has been allowed to evolve with very little regulation. (Produced and presented by Hannah Mullane) (Image: Detroit Lions fans pose prior to a game against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on January 28, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. Image credit: Getty)

Is the US bet on sports gambling paying off?

Stella, Dawa and Salome arrived at the Bidi Bidi refugee camp in north-western Uganda with little more than the clothes they were wearing.   Now, all three are entrepreneurs and businesswomen, running thriving businesses and earning enough money to clothe, feed and send their children to school.  Can their stories help development agencies and governments deliver support to those most in need? (Picture: Salome, picking crops in a field in Uganda. Copyright: Village Enterprise) Presented and produced by Sam Fenwick

Business Daily meets: Mariana Mazzucato

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