America’s Collision Course With The Debt Ceiling
As the nation counts down to default, Diane talks to longtime Congress watcher Norm Ornstein about the debt limit negotiations, what's at stake and whether he sees a way forward.
Attention is focused on the health of large commercial banks, but many believe Wall Street investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds and other unregulated lenders, played a significant role in creating the credit crisis. The U.s shadow banking system: its past and its future.
Guests
- Simon Johnson Senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, professor, the Sloan School of Management at the M.I.T., and former economic counselor at the I.M.F. He is the co-author of "The Baseline Scenario: What Happened to the Global Economy and What We Can do About It" and the soon-to-be-released book "13 Bankers - The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown."
- Michael Greenberger Professor, University of Maryland Law School; director, Center for Health and Homeland Security; and former senior regulator, Commodities Futures Trading Commission.
- Robert Pickel Executive director and CEO, International Swaps and Derivatives Association
- Douglas Elliott Fellow, Brookings Institution, former investment banker, and president and principal researcher for the Center on Federal Financial Institutions
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