China's Economic Stimulus Package and The World Economy

China's Economic Stimulus Package and The World Economy

Diane and her guests discuss China's economic stimulus plan, whether it can stave off a recession at home, and how it might affect the global economy.

Diane and her guests discuss China's economic stimulus plan, whether it can stave off a recession at home, and how it might affect the global economy.

Guests

C. Fred Bergsten

director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and author of "China's Rise."

Eswar Prasad

Professor of Economics at Cornell University, Senior Fellow at Brookings, and former head of the China Division at the IMF.

Yasheng Huang

Professor of Management at the Sloan School of Management at MIT and author of "Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics."

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