Soros: Financial crisis worst since '30s

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Investor and philanthropist George Soros says the financial system as we know it is broken. He talks with Kai Ryssdal about his new book in which he offers what he calls a new paradigm for the financial markets.

Cover of "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means" (Public Affairs / Amazon.com)

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