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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Greek Prime Minister: Debt Recovery is Daunting

Updated: July 1 2010,
Author: barrel fan
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Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Credit, Economic Development, Fiscal Policy, Markets
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Paul Solman talks with Greek Prime Minister George George Papandreau about the country’s debt crisis and its impacts on the global economy.

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