# Prof. Edward Altman on Italy and the euro's chance of survival

1 Faculty News June 20, 2012 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025700.jpg?itok=LSPbU2V1)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1ef8289c-baef-11e1-b445-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1yMNUDSOD) -- "'Now it is no more than 50-50,' \[[Altman](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/edward-altman)\] told the 2012 International Risk Management Conference in Rome. 'Italy is the fulcrum country. Italy is under the scrutiny of the markets. Italy is too large to save,' he added."

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