Rescue me: can the economy avoid the worst?

When a day trader in London admits that he dreams of financial meltdown, it touches a raw nerve around the world. François Picard's panel reflects on the lack of financial reform since the crisis broke out in 2008.

Vivienne WALT, Contributor to Time Magazine
Stefan de VRIES, Paris Correspondent, RTL4
John Rick MACARTHUR , Publisher, Harper's Magazine and Columnist for the Providence Journal
Harold HYMAN, Foreign editor, BFM-TV.

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Produced by Christopher Davis, Mary Colombel, Anelise Borges

François PICARD

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This friday in One Week in the World : AQIM and the release of the two Spanish hostages; will US economy (real estate, increasing of unemployment) have impacts on the midterms. Unease at the quai d’Orsay with Sarkozy & the diplomatic corps. Finally Nadja Benaissa, the german pop star accused of infecting a former partner with the virus has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.

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