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Special Interests
The presidential election series 30 Issues in Thirty Days, continues. Issue 2: Campaign Finance and the Candidates’ Special Interests. Also: Psychotherapist Dr. Mary Ragan, director of the Trinity Counseling Center, explains what to do to cope with stress in these uncertain financial times.
Street Rules
Michael Oxley, former Congressman (R-OH 4th) and co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley law, of counsel at Baker Hostetler, and Vice Chairman of NASDAQ discusses the bailout and other financial news.
Economic Wrap-Up
Arthur Levitt, former SEC chairman and senior advisor to the Carlyle Group discusses the recent Wall Street bailout and other pressing fiscal news.
Coping
Even if the current economy isn't affecting your wallet, all the talk about the fiscal crisis may be affecting your mind. Wall Street psychotherapist, Dr. Mary Ragan, director of the Trinity Counseling Center and one of the co-directors of the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute, takes your calls about how to calm your mind about the current economic climate.
30 Issues: Campaign Finance
The presidential election series continues with a comprehensive look at campaign finance. Massie Ritsch, communications director for the Center for Responsive Politics and Peter Overby, the Power, Money & Influence correspondent for National Public Radio, explain McCain's and Obama's approach to campaign finance issues, and the impact of money-raising on the electoral process.
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Brad Smith, chairman of the Center for Competitive Politics and a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission gives his take.
Then:
Meredith McGehee policy director at the Campaign Legal Center shares her thoughts on campaign finance.
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