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Throughout his life, from a poor home in Paris through night-school classes in economics to his pre-Brussels spell as France's minister of finance, he has been a pragmatist who has got things done.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
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He has studied and taught law in France and was dean of the law and economics faculty at the University of Dakar, Senegal.
BBC: Profile: Senegal's new president
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Mr. MIKE ENGLUND (Founder and Director, Action Economics): Overnight, we found banks in Europe, and in France in particular, had liquidity issues, which raised the question: Are the problems we're facing here in the U.S. rippling through across overseas?
NPR: Financial Markets Tumble Amid Credit Crunch