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The global economic crisis is rapidly worsening. The United States suffered its first ever downgrade of its credit rating, and the Eurozone is threatening to collapse altogether, or alternately, face insolvency of sovereign debt, which would shake up financial markets all over the world. At the same time, leading economists are making foreboding statements, such as Nouriel Roubini\u2019s, \u201cThere’s a significant probability … that over the next 12 months, there’s going to be another recession in most advanced economies,\u201d <\/a><\/a>[64<\/a><\/strong>] or Joseph E. Stiglitz\u2019s, \u201cIn a way, not only there is a crisis in our economy, there ought to be a crisis in economics.\u201d <\/a><\/a>[65<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The economic interdependence among countries makes it impossible for them to isolate themselves and resolve their problems separately. An example of that is the attempt of the Eurozone to save the faltering Greek economy. The Polish Finance Minister, Jacek Rostowski, speaking before the European Parliament, warned that \u201cEurope is in danger, and the breakdown of the Eurozone would lead to a chain reaction leading to the breakup of the European Union (EU) and ultimately to the return of war in Europe.\u201d <\/a><\/a>[66<\/a><\/strong>] Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that \u201cEuro-region leaders must erect a firewall around Greece to avert a cascade of market attacks on other European states.\u201d <\/a><\/a>[67<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, investors are concerned about the future of the world economy. During weekend talks of policy makers, investors and bankers in Washington, Mohamed A. El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, the world\u2019s largest bond investor, predicted, \u201cEconomies will stall over the next year as Europe slides into a recession.\u201d <\/a><\/a>[68<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding that same event, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, said he has been to 20 years of International Monetary Fund (IMF) gatherings, and \u201cThere\u2019s not been a prior meeting at which matters have had more gravity, and at which I\u2019ve been more concerned about the future of the global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unemployment in Europe and the United States is high and rising. For example, Spain’s unemployment rate rose sharply to a new Eurozone high of 21.3 percent in the first quarter of the year, with a record 4.9 million people out of work <\/a><\/a>[69<\/a><\/strong>]. In the United States, the unemployment rate is 8.6, with 13.3 million people out of work <\/a><\/a>[70<\/a><\/strong>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>[64<\/a><\/strong>] Nouriel Roubini, \u201cROUBINI: Ignore The Recent Economic Data \u2014 There’s Still More Than A 50% Chance Of Recession,\u201d Bussiness Insider<\/em> (October 25, 2011), http:\/\/articles.businessinsider.com\/2011-10-25\/markets\/30318837_1_double-dip-recession-eurozone-ecri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>[65<\/a><\/strong>] \u201cShort films from the 2011 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences,\u201d The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online<\/em>, http:\/\/www.dictionaryofeconomics.com\/resources\/news_lindau_meeting (the above-mentioned statement is in Stiglitz\u2019s video after 10:05 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>[66<\/a><\/strong>] Amiel Ungar, \u201cPolish Finance Minister Warns of War if EU Collapses,\u201d Arutz Sheva<\/em> (September 16, 2011), http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/147945#.TrUbyPSArqE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>[67<\/a><\/strong>] Sebastian Boyd, \u201cChilean Peso Advances After Merkel Urges Firewall Around Greece,\u201d Bloomberg<\/em> (September 26, 2011), http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2011-09-26\/chilean-peso-advances-after-merkel-urges-firewall-around-greece.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>[68<\/a><\/strong>] Simon Kennedy, Rich Miller and Gabi Thesing, \u201cPimco sees Europe sliding into recession,\u201d Financial Post<\/em> (September 26, 2011), http:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/2011\/09\/26\/pimco-sees-europe-sliding-into-recession\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>[69<\/a><\/strong>] Daniel Woolls, \u201cSpain’s Unemployment Rate Hits New Eurozone Record Of 21.3 Percent,\u201d Huffington Post<\/em> (April 29, 2011), http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/04\/29\/span-unemployment-inflation-economy-debt_n_855341.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>[70<\/a><\/strong>] United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.nr0.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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