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Obama At The G-20: How Did He Do?

The president began the week in London at the G-20 summit, where the world's largest economies pledged $1.1 trillion to help boost capital to the International Monetary Fund. This in the same week when the stock market showed glimmers of hope; but unemployment numbers reached new lows.

Host Scott Simon talks with Joe Nocera, who writes the "Talking Business" column for The New York Times, about the state of the economy.

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