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Diane and her guests provide an update on government efforts to prepare the public for a possible pandemic without prompting an overreaction.
Dr. Richard Besser, acting director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief medical correspondent at CNN, anchor of "House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta" and a practicing neurosurgeon at Emory University Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital.
James Fallows, writer for the "Atlantic Monthly"
The story of a 1920s business genius whose innovations set the stage for our modern financial markets and whose spectacular fall led to the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Frank Partnoy, Law professor, University of San Diego; author of "Infectious Greed," "FIASCO: Blood in the Water on Wall Street" and a new book to be published in May 2009,"The Match King."
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