Thinking Big
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.
- 2009-2009
- 1 season
- Documentary
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
3 Episodes 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.
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?
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.