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Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Employee share ownership seems like a great idea. Workers get a piece of the pie that they're helping to make.

They earn more and stick around longer. But there's a push by some on the left to make the scheme mandatory.

Others worry that sounds more like socialism than capitalism.

And if you can't get a ticket to a music concert at face value, well, good luck to you.

You'll be paying ticket resellers and arm in a leg. Part of the problem is that they are getting their tickets on the sly from the bands themselves.

First up though.

In Hong Kong yesterday, demonstrators mounted their fiercest challenge yet to the government.

An escalation of two months of protest.

Civil servants went on strike, paralyzing public transport and halting flights into and out of the territory.

Evening demonstrations have grown more violent and police are responding in kind.

It's clear they're using more rubber bullets and tear gas to contain the protests.

Fears are growing that as the unrest spreads, the central government in Beijing may choose to intervene.

Sending in the garrison of troops it maintains in the territory.

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