Greek crisis, the contagion

Between Athens, Berlin, and Brussels, there’s plenty of blame to go around for the debt crisis that’s got all of Europe on tenterhooks. François Picard’s panel argues over how much the private sector should pay...and whether Greece would be better off outside the eurozone.

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Julia CAGE. Economist at Harvard University and Paris School of Economics - Terra Nova.
Philippe d’ARVISENET. Associate Professor of Economics at Paris University - La Sorbonne.
Yanis VAROUFAKIS. Professor of Economic Theory, Athens University (from Athens).
Prof. Dr. Markus C. Kerber. Professor of Political Economy, Technische Universität (from Berlin).

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Presenter

François Picard

24/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Merkel's next move: Will Germany stick to its guns on austerity?

François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.

23/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Egypt's presidential poll: The revolution, Part II (part 2)

Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.