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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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Friday, June, 25th (part 2)

What next for Afghanistan after the firing of Barack Obama’s top commander, hope of better days in Guinea, and football overruns politics and the news cycles. Joining François Picard in The World This Week, Matthew Saltmarsh of the International Herald Tribune, Judah Grunstein of World Politics Review, freelance reporter and photojournalist Michael Kirtley, and news columnist Célestine Bohlen.

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Germany makes France blink, David Cameron’s dramatic apology over Bloody Sunday, and why Barack Obama’s not taking on the U.S. Senate over climate change… Joining François Picard in The World This Week, Katrin Bennhold of the International Herald Tribune,Anne-Elizabeth Moutet of The Sunday Telegraph, Newsweek's Paris bureau chief Christopher Dickey and Craig Copetas, senior writer for the Bloomberg financial news agency.

18/06/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Friday, June, 11th (part 2)

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