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Thinking Big Season 1 Episodes

  • 2009-2009
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary
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Every so often someone comes up with an idea that changes the world - ideas about how we organise and run our society or the way we live our lives that can have a dramatic impact on millions of people. This series looks at some of the most ambitious schemes of the 21st Century.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

3 Episodes 2009 - 2009

Episode 1

A Woman's Place Is in the Boardroom

Ansgar Gabrielsen, the former Minister for Trade and Industry in Norway, explains why he instigated a law insisting on 40% female representation in the boardroom.

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Episode 2

Ditching the Dollar

Robert Mundell, the Nobel Prize winning economist, has long advocated replacing the American Dollar as the world's reserve currency with a new global currency. But would a global currency run by the IMF be politically and economically workable?

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Episode 3

The American Pipe Dream

Amory Lovins, founder and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, believes America can wean itself off oil has drawn up a plan to achieve it. Lovins takes us through his blue-print for achieving an oil-free America by 2050.

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