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Government efforts to jump start credit markets seem to have cheered some investors, but Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke predicts the U.S. economy is 'likely to be weak for several quarters.' A look at what's ahead and prospects for another government stimulus package.
Martin Baily, is senior fellow in economic studies at Brookings Institution, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors during the Clinton administration (1999-2001).
William Beach, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation
Ken Goldstein, economist, The Conference Board
Paul Krugman, professor of Economics at Princeton University and op-ed columnist for the "New York Times" and winner of a 2008 Nobel Prize for his study of international trade and the effects of globalization.
An internationally acclaimed Egyptian writer presents his latest novel about the political, religious, and sexual problems facing a group of immigrants in Chicago.
Alaa al Aswany, bestselling author of "The Yacoubian Building."
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