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Ireland is having a Lehmans moment | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Visdeo and Column neatly summing up the Irish crisis and drawing parallels with the Lehman Brothers and the banking crisis
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BBC News - What really caused the eurozone crisis? - 0 views

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    Euro Crisis explained 
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Five fixes for the global crisis | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

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    5 possible solutions to the global economic crisis
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BBC News - Greece's debt crisis odyssey - 0 views

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    Possible outcomes of the Greek sovereign debt crisis
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Metallica rocked by euro crisis - Telegraph - 0 views

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    Metallkica and Macro economics
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BBC News - Q&A: Irish bond crisis - 0 views

  • What is a government bond?
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    Government bonds explained, in relation to the irish crisis.
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BBC News - Europe's four big dilemmas - 0 views

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    Simple explanation of the eurozone crisis from the BBC - Essential A2 Economics reading
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Food crisis fears as global prices hit record high - 0 views

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    Summary of how the recent record food prices have affected some Lower Developed Countries
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Video: Comedian puts US debt crisis into rap - Telegraph - 0 views

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    A rap video putting across the message that America is spending too much on credit
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YouTube - 2aThe Credit Crunch Explained 2c 0f - 0 views

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    2 minute video explaining origins of the financial crisis.
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Who to blame for the Great Recession? So many big names are in the frame | Business | T... - 0 views

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    Who is responsible for the recession
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European Debt Crisis: Who Loaned PIIGS the Money? - 0 views

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    Interesting debt graphic
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'Matters Could Escalate' : Economist Raghuram Rajan Warns of Currency Conflict - SPIEGE... - 0 views

  • I think this has to do with more than just currencies. It is very convenient for industrial countries to point to currency intervention as the problem, because they are not directly guilty of that. Is it any surprise that China resists an international agreement where the sole focus will be exchange rates? But industrial countries are not beyond reproach on the kind of policies they have been following in recent years. Let us remember where this crisis originated ...
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    Fascinating discussion on whether the race to low interest rates (and export lead growth) is the only problem in the world macro economy
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World job crisis is a threat to democracy, says IMF head | Business | The Observer - 0 views

  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF's managing director, warned that "we face the risk of a lost generation", adding: "When you lose your job, your health is likely to be worse. When you lose your job, the education of your children is likely to be worse. When you lose your job, social stability is likely to be worse – which threatens democracy and even peace. So we shouldn't fool ourselves. We are not out of the woods yet. And for the man in the street, a recovery without jobs doesn't mean much."
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      USA is losing patience with China
  • Tim Geithner, Obama's treasury secretary, said: "The United States believes that global rebalancing is not progressing as well as needed to avoid threats to the global economic recovery.
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  • "Our initial achievements are at risk of being undermined by the limited extent of progress toward more domestic demand-led growth in countries running external surpluses and by the extent of foreign exchange intervention as countries with undervalued currencies lean against appreciation."
  • "In the G20 framework there are too many people and too many interests to be able to find a currency arrangement," Juncker said. "The ideal forum would be G7 plus China."
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Cuba cuts 500,000 state workers | World news | Guardian Weekly - 0 views

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    Cuba is creating a private sector and making 500,000 state workers redundant
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