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World Service,27 Jun 2015,28 mins

For Better or For Worse: the Greek Crisis

In the Balance

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They used to say - 'the USA sneezes, the world catches a cold'. But could the sniffles of a small Mediterranean country cause economies across the globe to reach for their Kleenex? What does global market reaction to the Greek crisis tell us about our interconnectedness? Now, as never before, we face crises not as individual economies or even economic regions, but as a tightly bound financial community. But is it for the better or for worse? (Photo: A Syriza supporter with Greek flag in Athens. Credit: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)

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