Europe and the euro start 2012 in the spotlight, as economists around the globe watch to see how policymakers fight what appears to be an oncoming recession. Count the Wall Street Journal's top editors and reporters among those who see Europe struggling throughout the year. The Journal's multimedia team has put together an impressive--if at times rather gloomy--documentary titled Europe on the Brink. The doc moves from the establishment of the EU and what some WSJ editors see as basic structural flaws to the EU economy, to the beginning of the debt crisis, and through to today's challenges.
Posted
01-02-2012 9:45 AM
by
Graham Griffith
Filed under: Wall Street Journal, debt, global economic crisis, trade, David Wessel, Germany, currency, Europe, euro, Italy, austerity measures, contagion, global contagion, ecb, 2012