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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Will Greek Austerity Plans Buckle Under Pressure?

Updated: July 19 2010,
Author: barrel jason
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Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Credit, Economic Development, Foreign Exchange, Markets, Money, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence
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Paul Solman examines how Greece’s debt woes began and what’s being done to contain the problems from spreading throughout Europe and the world.

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