Portugal becomes the latest European Union member to ask for a bailout, following Greece and Ireland.

Uptown Radio host Anna Maria Jakubek speaks with Nuno Garoupa, a professor of law and economics at the University of Illinois about the decisions Portugal and the EU have to make in order to tackle this financial crisis, and the larger economic consequences for the continent.

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