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Congress turns up the heat on the nation's credit rating agencies. A House committee investigates how inaccurate credit ratings contributed to last year's financial meltdown and whether new regulations are needed.
Michael Hirsh, senior editor and national economics correspondent at Newsweek.
Alex Pollock, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and former president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
Frank Partnoy, George E. Barrett professor of law and finance, University of San Diego.
Congressman Edolphus Towns, chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Floyd Abrams, partner at the law firm Cahill, Gordon and Reindel, LLP.
William Kamkwamba describes dreaming of bringing light to his village in Africa and how he taught himself physics and used spare parts to build a windmill that produced electricity.
William Kamkwamba, a student at the Pan-African Leadership Academy in South Africa and a 2007 TED Global Fellow.
Bryan Mealer, author of "All Things Must Fight to Live" and a former Associated Press correspondent in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Diane with authors William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.
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