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Greg Ip, of the Economist magazine, and David Weinstein, Associate Director of Research at the Center of Japanese Economy and Business, part of the Columbia Business School, look at what happens when the world’s third largest economy grinds to a halt.

President Obama's $819 billion stimulus plan passed the House last night. Despite the new president’s calls for bipartisanship, all House Republicans and eleven Democrats opposed the bill. What does this mean for the future of bipartisanship and the bailout? We are joined by Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight.com, a blog that analyzes political data, who has been looking at which Congress members support the president’s bill and why. Greg Ip, U.S. Economics Editor at The Economist, also joins The Takeaway with an analysis of which parts of the bill are likely to have the most effect. Finally we speak with Republican Congressman Vernon Ehlers of Michigan’s 3rd District. Ehlers didn't vote for the bill because he didn't think it had projects to create the kind of jobs that would stimulate Michigan’s ailing economy.

Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for The Economist talks about the latest effort to boost confidence in the global economy.

We get a debriefing on yesterday's economic freefall, why the bailout failed to pass the House, and where we go from here. Greg Ip is U.S. Economics Editor for the Economist magazine.

What a week it’s been in the markets. Find out what’s behind the recent financial crisis of the past few days, and what the credit woes could lead to. Greg Ip is U.S. Economics Editor for the Economist; Andrew Caplin is an Economics Professor at NYU.

Greg Ip is a senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal. He will explain what’s going on with the stock market – why the credit bubble burst, why the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate, and what it all means for you and your investments.

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