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Record-breaking gas prices, rising unemployment, and ongoing troubles in the housing market suggest continued financial woes. Why some blame the declining value of the dollar for economic problems at home and abroad.
Ted Truman, senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, former assistant secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs (December 1998 to January 2001), and former director the Division of International Finance of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1977 to 1998)
Michael Greenberger, professor, University of Maryland Law School, director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, and former senior regulator, Commodities Futures Trading Commission
Greg Ip, U.S economics editor, The Economist
How our increasingly mobile, multi-tasking and virtual world may be eroding our willingness and ability to grapple with complex issues, and what this trend could mean for the strength of our democracy.
Maggie Jackson, journalist, author of a new book titled, "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age" (Prometheus Books) and author of the "Balancing Acts" column in the Boston Globe.
Rick Shenkman, history professor, editor and founder of George Mason University's History News Network, investigative reporter and author of "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter" (Basic Books)
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