Dominic Frisby talks to Luke Johnson about his November 2011 article for the Financial Times, A Guide To Shaking Off The Doom And Gloom.

'Almost everyone I know in business is sick of this downturn. The task is to restore confidence, despite various challenges. We need a sense of optimism to revive growth, and to reverse the recent decline in living standards. This can be done with sufficient willpower. I have, therefore, assembled a brief list of suggestions that might boost morale among those entrepreneurs who are finding it tough.' READ ON

Luke Johnson is chairman of private equity house, Risk Capital Partners. He is part owner and chairman of Superbrands, Giraffe Restaurants, Patisserie Valerie and Baker And Spice.  He is also chairman of the Royal Society of Arts . He was chairman of Channel 4 between 2004 and 2010. He is a major owner and director of car park equipment company, Apt Controls.

His new book, "Start It Up: Why Running Your Own Business Is Easier Than You Think" is available from all good booksellers.

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Tim Price , Director of Investment with PFP Wealth Management and columnist for Moneyweek, discusses some of the content of his recent presentation at the Warwick University Investment Forum.

Download Tim's presentation here.

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Dominic Frisby chats to author, columnist and investment professional Jonathan Davis to discover what makes a good investor.

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Andrew Duncan , lecturer in derivatives and Austrian economics fanatic, describes his The Top Ten Books On Austrian Economics.

Read Andy's (excellent) blog here.

And Andy's notes to accompany the show are here.

And my quid pro quo interview with Andy is here.

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I'm posting the BBC Radio 4 Start The Week from January 16, 2012, in today's show for those overseas listeners who can't access BBC radio content.

Andrew Marr looks for solutions to the current global crisis. Detlev Schlichter dismisses the practice of printing more money in times of recession, arguing that in the next decade our reliance on paper money will collapse, and he proposes a return to hard commodities, like gold. The historian Philip Coggan pits creditors against debtors, tax payers against public sector workers, and believes it's time for a new monetary system to emerge. The Labour peer, Lord Glasman thinks we need to change the relationship between parliament and the market. And Angela Knight sticks up for the bankers, insisting they hold the key to the crisis, so deserve both a bonus and a bit of respect.

Producer: Katy Hickman.

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In the third of our 2012 predictions shows, Dominic Frisby talks to author and investor, Michael Hampton, about what he sees in store for 2012.

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In the second of our special series of programmes looking at the investment themes for 2013, we talk to Larry Pesavento , pattern recognition expert.

Click here see Larry's charts.

Larry's Website, Trading Tutor.

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I the first of this year's New Year Predictions shows, Mark O'Byrne, executive director of international bullion dealer Goldcore, talks gold.

GoldCore is devoted to the provision of honest, objective, jargon-free advice in bullion services and wealth management.

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Mongolian National Jamul Jadamba of Mogul Ventures Corp tells us about his fascinating country and some of the amazing opportunities that lie there.

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Cary Pinkowsky discusses his company Astur Gold (AST.V). Astur is operating in Northern Spain where it is attempting to get the necessary permitting to put its 2 m.oz gold mine into production.

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