Global crashes in an interconnected economy
People crash. So do companies. And stock markets. And, occasionally, entire countries.
We live in an increasingly interconnected world, which means that when one country crashes financially, there’s a genuine risk that we could end up with a regional, or even a world-wide pileup.
We wanted to find out how likely a crash of epic proportions is, so we turned Paddy Hirsch, Senior Editor and resident explainer at Marketplace.
Hear our conversation using the audio player above.
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