Louis talks about the recession, the fucked economy, and hiding money in a safe. The boys also discuss the fragile state of US debt and transient nature of American wealth. Louis later mentions the episode “The Giant Pool of Money” from This American Life on NPR, which you can listen to here: www.thisamericanlife.org Part 2 of 3.
Estonia, the European Union’s newest member, is the latest country to adopt the euro, having introduced the currency last year. The mood was festive at the time, but with Europe’s current financial crisis, many now taken a more sombre view. Estonia’s bn economy is the fastest growing in Europe, but as the continent’s financial woes deepen, the government is worried about the toll the eurozone’s troubles could take on its country. Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela reports from Tallinn.
The euro zone has only a matter of weeks to take steps that will ensure the common currency’s survival, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says in an exclusive interview with the Journal’s Managing Editor, Robert Thomson. This interview originally aired 12/1/2011.
Speaking after the EU-Russia summit, President of ~Russia’s Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday stated that Russia will offer Europe financial aid in order to help stabilize the European Union and the euro. “Russia will continue reinforcing financial stability of the euro area, first and foremost, through the IMF”, Medvedev said. “The European Union is our major trading partner”, he concluded.
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Financial crisis – Public services across Portugal ground to a halt on Thursday as trade unions held a 24-hour walk out. The strikers are protesting against a raft of austerity measures introduced by the government in exchange for financial aid. FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 www.france24.com http
