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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: France Considers Reforms Amid Europe Debt Crisis

Updated: July 7 2010,
Author: barrel jason
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Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Choice, Credit, Fiscal Policy, Government Failures/Public-Choice Analysis, Public-Choice Analysis
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Paul Solman talks with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde about the European debt crisis, as France examines new financial reforms.

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