Grade 9-12

Video

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Examining the Underground Greek Economy

Updated: July 21 2010,

Author: barrel fan

Standards Summary

Paul Solman continues his series on Greece’s debt prolems with a look at the country’s large underground economy.

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