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Thursday September 18, 2008
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Guest host: Steve Roberts
The Federal Reserve's $85 billion bailout of insurance giant, AIG, does not seem to have calmed fears in the financial sector. Analysis of the widening crisis, its implications for the economy, and news calls for regulatory reform.
Michael Santoli, Associate Editor, Barron's Magazine
Robert Shapiro, Former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, co-founder and chairman of Sonecon and author of Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work
Alex Pollock, American Enterprise Institute
The personal story of two brothers suffering from depression – one who survives and one who does not. A family’s legacy of self-destruction and suicide and the hope that allowed one sibling to escape its grasp.
Christopher Lukas, writer, actor, and Emmy award-winning television and film producer.
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