Ongoing Financial Meltdown

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2008-09-18/ongoing-financial-meltdown

Guest Host:

Steve Roberts
Ongoing Financial Meltdown

The Federal Reserve's $85 billion bailout of insurance giant, AIG, does not seem to have calmed fears in the financial sector. Analysis of the widening crisis, its implications for the economy, and news calls for regulatory reform.

The Federal Reserve's $85 billion bailout of insurance giant, AIG, does not seem to have calmed fears in the financial sector. Analysis of the widening crisis, its implications for the economy, and news calls for regulatory reform.

Guests

Michael Santoli

Associate Editor, Barron's Magazine

Robert Shapiro

Former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, co-founder and chairman of Sonecon and author of Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work

Alex Pollock

resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and former president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.

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