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Thursday September 25, 2008
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Guest host: Frank Sesno
An update on the possible delay of the first presidential debate and then what the current financial crisis and a possible bailout may mean for confidence in US financial markets and the future of the global economy.
Kenneth Rogoff, professor of public policy, Harvard University and former chief economist, International Monetary Fund
Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former deputy director for the Office of East Asian Nations at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the Bush administration
Simon Johnson, senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, professor, the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and former economic counselor, International Monetary Fund
Laura Meckler, reporter, Wall Street Journal
Guest host: Frank Sesno
An examination of the Vioxx drug scandal, whether it could happen again, and how consumers can protect themselves.
Tom Nesi, a "patient advocate" for the FDA and former pharmaceutical executive, including a consultant for Merck.
Gardiner Harris, a science reporter for "The New York Times"
Ted Mayer, a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, who has been involved with the Vioxx litigation from the beginning.
Bert Rein, a partner at Wiley Rein, who argued the Wyeth v. Levine case up through the Vermont Supreme Court.
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