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The G-20 and the Future of the Global Economy
One year after the global recession hit its peak, the leaders of 20 nations are meeting in Pittsburgh to talk about preventing the same thing from happening again. But is the current "recovery" real for millions of people? Is the G-20 likely to make things better or worse? Also, covert evidence of an Iranian nuclear facility, and persuasive evidence of a real terrorist plot on American soil.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenOne year after the global recession hit its peak, the leaders of 20 nations are meeting in Pittsburgh to talk about preventing the same thing from happening again. But is the current "recovery" real for millions of people? Is the G-20 likely to make things better or worse? Also, covert evidence of an Iranian nuclear facility. On Reporter's Notebook, since 9/11, many reported plots of terrorism on US soil have failed to lead to convictions. The case of the airport shuttle driver in Denver may be the real thing.
Banner image: A woman exhorts a gathering of students to provoke police lined up near Phipps Conservatory where world leaders were gathered at a dinner before the G-20 Summit on September 24 on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images
