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Grexit: salvation or suicide?

No debt deal could mean Plan B for Greece: an exit from the euro zone and the launch of a new currency. But, as David Pollard reports, there's more to a new currency than simply printing money - and the potential cost could impose an enormous burden on a struggling economy.