U.S. market gaffes test British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

The World

Economy troubles are reverberating across the globe and the United Kingdom is no exception. The political pressure there is being directed towards Prime Minister Gordon Brown as his Labour party threatens to split itself in two over America’s finances. Guest: Paddy O’Connell, BBC, and Stephen Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics book and blog

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