Latest update: 05/02/2010 

- Europe - financial crisis - Greece - world economy


Broke states: whose debt is it anyway?

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Greece is making the headlines with its massive debt, and concern is spreading to other countries such as Spain and Portugal. But who is really responsible for the financial mess it seems our economies are in? And can a country go bankrupt like a company would?

Debate with Mark Owen and guests:
 
Alessandro GIRAUDO, Chief Economist for Tradition, Professor of Finance at the ISG (Institut Supérieur de Gestion) and author of Money Tales
Paul Jorion, Anthropologist, Economist and author of L'argent, mode d'emploi and Comment la vérité et la réalité furent inventées
Edward HADAS, Assistant Editor for Reuters Breakingviews and author of Human Goods, Economic Evils – a moral approach to the dismal science
Sudha NAIR, France 24 Correspondent (by satellite from Athens)
 
Programme prepared by Perrine Desplats
 


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