Joe Higgins v Jim Power debate

recorded 16/04/2009 by Cathal Brennan

Videos from last night’s debate in Wynn’s Hotel in Abbey Street Dublin. Jim Power, economist with Friends First, debated Joe Higgins, of the Socialist Party, about the current economic crisis and the way forward.

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