In a violent swerve away from the laissez-faire capitalism that has underpinned Western society for the past three decades, EU states on Monday (13 October) outlined the details of a historic state bail-out of Europe's financial sector.
The total size of the rescue promise remains fuzzy, with newspapers across the continent totting up the the mind-boggling sums announced in slightly different ways.
But Europe has so far announced the release of around €2 trillion to save banks f...
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