Formed almost twenty years ago, the European Union today boasts twenty-seven countries,but now global economic hardship has created tough times there, to the point where huge debt in some E.U. nations threatens the whole system.  We’ll look at what’s happening in Europe and why the continent’s troubles are sending waves of anxiety across the Atlantic.

Guests

• Sarwar A. Kashmeri - Author, current affairs commentator, and a strategic communications advisor to international companies.  senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program, and a fellow with the Foreign Policy Association. 
• David Blanchflower - Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. He was a member of the monetary policy committee for the bank of England from June of 2006 through May of 2009, and a contributing editor for Bloomberg TV.