President-Elect Obama and the Economic Crisis

President-Elect Obama and the Economic Crisis

Barack Obama met with his economic advisors Friday to discuss the economic crisis. The Treasury Department proposes additional measures to address the financial crisis. A look at possible steps by the president-elect to reassure anxious...

Barack Obama met with his economic advisors Friday to discuss the economic crisis. The Treasury Department proposes additional measures to address the financial crisis. A look at possible steps by the president-elect to reassure anxious Americans about the state of the economy

Guests

Alice Rivlin

senior fellow, Brookings Institution,
vice chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (1996-99);
director, White House Office of Management and Budget (1994-96); and founding director, Congressional Budget Office (1975-83).

Greg Ip

U.S. economics editor, "The Economist"

Governor Jennifer Granholm

Governor of Michigan, Democrat

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