PBS NewsHour

Governments Push for Austerity, but Can it Really Revive...

Clip: 06/30/2011 | 8m 29s

Greek Parliament passed a bill to implement a new austerity plan Thursday, and Britain was in the throes of a national civil servant strike. Margaret Warner discusses whether austerity measures will likely help those countries with MIT's Simon Johnson and Mark Weisbort of the Center of Economic Policy and Research.

Aired: 06/30/11

Rating: NR

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