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28/09/2011 GMT

Kenneth Rogoff, Former IMF Chief Economist

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Former IMF Chief Economist, Kenneth Rogoff,  talks about the current financial crisis

Former IMF Chief Economist, Kenneth Rogoff,  talks about the current financial crisis. Is it too late to avert a major economic slump?

After months of applying sticking plasters to the ailing global economy - have world leaders finally come up with an effective long term treatment? 

In the Eurozone there's talk of a two trillion Euro stabilisation fund and a managed default for Greece. 

In the US the Obama administration says it has plans to deliver job creation and deficit reduction. 

Ken Rogoff is a former chief economist at the IMF. 

Is it too late to avert a prolonged contraction in the industrialised world?

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