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Europe's credit crisis and the world economy

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/01/2011, 9:06 a.m.

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The world's major central banks have launched an initiative to shore up a global financial system shaken by the European debt crisis, but will it be enough to stave off a global panic? The Naked Economist joins Midmorning to provide some answers.

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  • Charles Wheelan: Senior lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and author of "Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science."

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