And welcome to Business Matters.
I'm Roger Hearing.
On the programme today, the strange calm of global markets, despite the upheavals of recent months.
So what's going on?
Also,
a group of economists backed by the Vatican call for a reshaping of the international financial system to help indebted countries.
But why do those nations keep taking on new debt?
Basically, you don't have enough resources to allocate to your priority spending.
That's actually sort of crowd out all the resources that are needed for all the priority,
whether it is health care, whether it is education, whether it's infrastructure.
Plus, how secure are international supply chains?
There's a new survey.
A report from Thailand on the elderly Westerners finding a cheap retirement home there.
And eggs in America, so expensive that they're getting stolen.
And I'll be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world,
Nga Pham, journalist and filmmaker, who's joining us from Hanoi.
Nga, very good morning to you.
Good morning, Roger.
It's indeed very, very early in my country now.
7am, can you imagine?