Kemal Dervis, Vice President, Brookings Institution (Washington)

Markus Karlsson talks to former Turkish Minister of Economy Kemal Dervis. He is now Vice-President and Director of Global Economy and Development at Brookings Institution in Washington.

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Ed Keller, co-author of 'The Face-to-Face Book'

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Jason Njoku, founder and CEO of iROKO Partners

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Ken Wattret, Chief Eurozone Economist at BNP Paribas

The head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, had pledged to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro. He fuelled expectations the ECB would take immediate action to stem the crisis. Instead, investors were left disappointed after the ECB's latest meeting and stock markets plunged on the back of it. To help us understand this latest twist in the debt crisis, Markus Karlsson talks to Ken Wattret, Chief Eurozone Market Economist at BNP Paribas.

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