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Conversation Questions on the Global Financial Crisis

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What springs to mind when you hear the words ‘financial crisis’?

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Why is the world in a financial crisis?

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What is happening that makes the situation a crisis?

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How badly hit is your country by the crisis?

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US President George W. Bush says he has the tools to fix the crisis. What do you think of this?

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Are you affected by the global financial crisis?

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How much worse do you think things will get?

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How does this crisis compare with the stock market falls after 9-11 or the crash in 1987?

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What’s the best way out of a crisis?

10)

Who’s to blame?

1)

Do you like following the news on the global financial crisis?

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What does the crisis say about capitalism?

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After America’s insurance giant AIG was rescued with taxpayers money, the company’s executives responded to the crisis by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars at a spa resort in California. Should they be fired?

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Will the crisis have a knock-on effect for poor countries who rely on foreign aid?

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How can governments suddenly spend hundreds of billions of dollars on this crisis but cannot spend the money on basic social services?

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Why can’t governments act together on a single rescue plan?

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Do you think America will lose power because of this crisis?

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Are you interested in news of the global financial crisis?

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What questions would you like to ask the world’s economists?

10)

What will happen if the world economy goes into a depression?