The recovery has been so weak because this was not a traditional recession, but was a recession caused by a financial crisis brought on by too much debt and leverage first in the private sector and now in the public sector.
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The problem of sovereign risk will be a serious one for many advanced economies for many years to come. - in MarketWatch.com
