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Financial Crisis and Consumer Debt
October 30, 2008
Jeff Baker vice president, Global Payments
Ransom James director, corporate investment, Arcapita
Trey Loughran vice president, Equifax
S. Tamer Cavusgil director, College of Business, Georgia State University

Panelists Jeff Baker, Ransom James, Trey Loughran, and moderator S. Tamer Cavusgil discuss "Managing in Emerging Markets: The Financial Crisis and Consumer Debt," in an effort to better understand several critical global business issues.

Business & Economics
Culture | debt | depression | Globilization | outsourcing | Recession | stimulus | unemployment | Economics | Family Issues | Industry | Personal Finance
PBA
Southern Center for International Studies
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