The Obama administration is debating whether to extend a tax credit for first-time home buyers. Economics correspondent Chris Farrell tells Bill Radke why he thinks they shouldn't.
The Obama administration's pay czar is recommending slashing compensation for companies that received the most government support. Reporter Jeremy Hobson talks about the cuts with Bill Radke.
The Census Bureau reports 47 million people in the U.S. live below the poverty line — 7 million more than the official government estimate. Kai Ryssdal talks to professor Sheldon Danzinger about why we need to gauge poverty differently in a new era.
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to strip health insurance companies of their ability to get together and fix prices, and the Senate plans to do the same. Commentator Robert Reich examines the skirmish between government and private insurers.
Microsoft rolls out Windows 7 tomorrow after years of development and testing. And after struggling so much with Vista, it could use some powerful PR. But its string of "launch party" ads may be hurting more than helping. John Moe reports.
Jessup & Lamont Airline industry analyst Alex Hamilton talks with Stacey Vanek-Smith about why Boeing has reported a loss of more than $1.5 billion, and whether the Dreamliner will ever get off the ground.
Hugh Johnson, chief economist from Johnson Illington Advisors, talks with Bill Radke about what corporate profits hit the most impact and what President Obama wants to get out of Wall Street.
Actor Ed Asner talks with Bill Radke about his one-man show, "FDR," and what he remembers about Roosevelt, and what the former president could teach us about handling the recession.
In the 1990s, most people didn't know the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's chairman was warning about derivatives and being ignored. Frontline's Michael Kirk reports on Brooksley Born's fight against Washington's economic establishment.
President Obama will headline two Democratic fundraisers in New York, but only about a third of the donors coming will be from the financial industry. Jeremy Hobson reports.
