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Italy Races to Calm Fears Over Failing Financial Health

In hopes to calm the economic world's jitters over Italy's failing financial health, Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti announced plans to strengthen a $57 billion austerity package. Ray Suarez discusses Italy's economic crisis with Il Sole 24 Ore's Mario Calvo-Platero and Harvard University's Ken Rogoff.

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