Month: October 2013

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Start the Week - Grayson Perry on contemporary art

Tom Sutcliffe discusses the role and place of contemporary art in today's global, digital world with the artist Grayson Perry. While the Director of Tate Britain Penelope Curtis looks back to a time when images held such power and caused such outrage that they had to be destroyed, in an exhibition on iconoclasm. Philip Davis offers a defence of the value of reading serious literature. And Nicholas Lovell looks at the money that artists can make, using the internet to change the way they relate to their fans. Producer: Katy Hickman.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - The Hawthorne Effect

Tim Harford tells the story of the Hawthorne Experiments, one of the most famous social studies of the Twentieth Century. The finding ? that workers are more productive if they are given attention - became known as the Hawthorne Effect. And he hears how the original data are now casting doubt on the legendary results. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

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Motley Fool Money - Motley Fool Money: 10.11.2013

The government shutdown continues.  Costco’s quarterly profit is better than advertised, while Yum Brands’ woes continue in China.  Google teams up with HP.  And the craft beer brewing industry comes to a complete stop.  Plus, our analysts share 3 stocks for your watchlist and senior columnist Chuck Jaffe talks mutual fund investing and how to find a financial advisor.

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