Underreported: How Goldman Sachs Helped the Greek Government Paper Over Its Debt

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
On today’s first Underreported, Stacy-Marie Ishmael of the Financial Times explains how Goldman Sachs used a derivatives deal to help Greece’s government hide how serious their debt was. Plus, an update on the negotiations in Europe to bail out Greece.

We discussed Greece's public debt in December. You can listen to that interview here.

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