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The End of Capitalism?

Zachary Karabell, president of independent consulting firm River Twice Research, discusses whether the current fiscal crisis is a sign of the end of capitalism as we know it.

Read Karabell's recent Wall Street Journal article on the end of the capitalist era.

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Wall Street Blame Game

Joe Nocera, business columnist for the New York Times and author of the Executive Suite blog discusses the state of the stock market and the Capitol Hill testimony of Lehman CEO Richard Fuld.

What do you think? What should Richard Fuld do with his $250 million dollars? Vent below!

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Monetary Influence

Joan Goldwasser, senior reporter for Kiplinger's Personal Finance discusses how the current economy is affecting major decisions consumers are having to make every day.

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30 Issues: Sense of Entitlement - Social Security and Medicare

The third rail may be issue number one this election. How will the economy affect Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs? How much fixing do they need? Peter Diamond, economics professor at MIT and co-author of Saving Social Security: A Balanced Approach, looks at the state of Social Security and the changes the program has seen over the past eight years.

Then, Mike Tanner, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and Mark Weisbrot, co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research take a look at McCain and Obama’s plans for Social Security and Medicare.

Then, a call for those of you near retirement or thinking about retirement who may be changing your plans in the current economic climate. Are you delaying retirement? Working part-time? Comment below!

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