Going for broke: Could austerity trigger a return to recession?

With growth now slowing even in Germany and China, Jan Randolph of IHS Global Insight warns against 'snuffing out the recovery' with too much (and the wrong kind) of austerity. Our panel debates the risk of a new global recession.

DEBATE

Michel MARTINEZ. Chief Economist France, Société Générale ;
Balázs EGERT. Economics Department, France/Poland Desk, OECD ;
Marjorie ALEXANDRE. Confederal Assistant, International department, Force Ouvrière ;
Jan RANDOLPH. Director of Sovereign Risk Analysis, IHS Global Insight (from London);
Georges UGEUX. Chairman and CEO, Galileo Global Advisors LLC. Former Group Executive Vice President, New York Stock Exchange (from New York);
Michel de FABIANI. President, Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry (by phone from Paris).

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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.