Coping with the Economy

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Coping with the Economy

The U.S. economy grew modestly last quarter, but job lay-offs together with rising prices for gas, food and healthcare mean growing anxiety for many low and middle income Americans.How individuals and families are coping with mounting...

The U.S. economy grew modestly last quarter, but job lay-offs together with rising prices for gas, food and healthcare mean growing anxiety for many low and middle income Americans.How individuals and families are coping with mounting financial pressures

Guests

Michelle Singletary

syndicated columnist of "The Color of Money" for the Washington Post

Jared Bernstein

Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser for Vice President Biden and Executive Director of the Vice President's Middle Class Task Force.

Alan Levensen

chief economist at T. Rowe Price

Jane Bryant Quinn

contributing editor, Newsweek Magazine.

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