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‘Worldview’ 9.10.12
On Monday’s Worldview, we look at the future of Europe’s debt crisis and whether or not we should really be worried about Asian carp.
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First up: Earlier in the summer Mario Draghi, thepresident of the European Central Bank, said he would do “whatever it takes” tosave the euro. Check out his remarks here:
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This week he announced a plan that many have called the most ambitious response thus far to Europe’s debt crisis. The ECB will now buy unlimited amounts of short–term bonds from Euro countries who request the help. It’s a strategy that is meant to help reduce the costs of borrowing funds and allow countries like Spain and Italy enough time to reduce the size of their debt and reform their economies. Political scientist Stephen Nelson studies the politics of debt. He explains what the plan will do and tells us whether he thinks it will indeed save the euro.
stephen nelsonStephen Nelson’s research and teaching interests span comparative and international political economy, the behavior of international orga…
Then we look at whether the threat of an Asian carpinvasion into the Great Lakes really a big deal or not. Many expertsacross the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin have predicted “ecologicalcatastrophe” should Asian carp successfully enter the Great Lakes. EcoMyths Alliance president Kate Sackman, Kim Rice, policy and planning managerfor Friends of the Chicago River and Jared Teutsch, water policy advocate atthe Alliance for the Great Lakes explain why an Asian carp invasion would be sodevastating and the strategies for keeping it at bay.
EcoMyths: Asian carp’s destructive impact on the ecosystemEcosystems are dynamic, like our own lives. But sometimes, non-gradual change forces things to a tipping point and the ecosystem cannot a…