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Central banks around the world are cutting interest rates in hopes of addressing the financial crisis. A look at how the economic troubles facing the U.S. have spread across the globe and what governments are doing to rescue banks, industry and borrowers
Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies; deputy director of studies and Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
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 and co-author of "The Baseline Scenario: What Happened to the Global Economy and What We Can do About It"
Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served at the Office of East Asian Nations at the U.S. Department of Treasury from 2001 - 2004 and served as its acting director in 2002-03. He is the author of "China's Rise: Fact and Fiction" at CarnegieEndowment.org/Keidel
Paula Subachhi, International Economics Research Director for the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Some say the efforts to address the economic crisis in the U.S. could lead to long-term and fundamental changes in the American model of capitalism. A look at possible changes ahead in our economic system.
Kevin Phillips, political and economic commentator and former Republican White House Strategist, his 13 books include "American Theocracy" and "American Dynasty."
William Greider, national affairs correspondent for "The Nation" author of "The Soul of Capitalism" and soon to be published: "Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country"
Stephen Moore, member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board and former President of the Club for Growth
John Makin, economist, visiting scholar at American Enterprise Institute, and former consultant to the U.S. Treasury, the Congressional Budget Office, and the International Monetary Fund,
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