Does money make you happy? We present you with two cases. First, a man with a lowish paid job that he loved. Donald Sewell has just retired after 48 years as a train driver.

Second, contrast him with Tiger Woods who gets perhaps a hundred million dollars a year for playing a game, and is far from happy. Hear the personal views of Dave Zirin, the author of a People's History of Sports in the United States.

Is happiness important at work? We brought together two experts on work to discuss happiness there. Jessica Pryce-Jones wrote "Happiness at Work", and Gurcharan Das is now a writer but used to be a CEO of Proctor & Gamble in India.

China has put billions into mines and dams in Africa, but what are its motives there? We hear from Lui Guijin, China's top official in Africa.

And in Britain the general election is now underway. Hard times may well be around the corner. But how do you pitch austerity to voters? Tim Harford from the Financial Times newspaper explains. Show less