Charlie Munger: Euro Leaders Behind the Curve on Crisis

European leaders, who have directed about $350 billion to aid Greece, Ireland and Portugal, need to do more to resolve the continent’s debt crisis, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Vice Chairman Charles Munger said.

“They are way behind the curve,” Munger, 87, told Bloomberg Television’s Shivaune Field in an interview today in Los Angeles. “They have to stop shooting at this elephant with a pea shooter.”

Berkshire has cut its holdings of European sovereign debt and Chairman Warren Buffett said last month that his firm wasn’t prepared to invest in the continent’s banks. Munger, who advises Buffett on Berkshire’s investments, praised policy makers in the U.S. for the 2008 bank bailouts. European lenders must turn to investors as they face losses on bond holdings, with nations including Greece struggling to repay debts, Buffett said.