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Americans cut back on their spending in October to levels not seen since the aftermath of nine-eleven. Diane and her guests look at how the current financial crisis is affecting household budgets and what it will take to restore confidence in the US economy.
Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow and director of the Living Standards Program at the Economic Policy Institute and author of "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)"
Kathleen Day, Center for Responsible Lending
Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor, "The Economist"
Ken Goldstein, economist, The Conference Board
Author and "Time" columnist, Michael Kinsley, discusses "creative capitalism," a controversial new idea in which corporations integrate doing good into their way of doing business.
Michael Kinsley, journalist and political commentator, regular contributor to "Time," former editor of "The New Republic," host of CNN's "Crossfire," founder of "Slate."
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