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How The Financial Crisis Created A 'New Third World'

<p>After adopting the euro, Greece borrowed huge sums of money. The country is now on the brink of a major default. &quot;They're going to default ... it's now a question of how messy it will be,&quot; says writer Michael Lewis. His new book <em>Boomerang </em>looks at Greece and four other places affected by the financial crisis.</p> (iStockphoto.com)

After adopting the euro, Greece borrowed huge sums of money. The country is now on the brink of a major default. "They're going to default ... it's now a question of how messy it will be," says writer Michael Lewis. His new book Boomerang looks at Greece and four other places affected by the financial crisis.

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