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Global Rate Cut

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

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Post-Debate Coverage: Undecided Voters

WNYC political director Andrea Bernstein gives post-debate analysis from Nashville. Plus, we get reactions from two undecided voters, Enrique Facundo and Kathy Nyberg.

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Fear Itself

New York Times reporter Vikas Bajaj talks about how emotions are trumping logic when it comes to the markets and other financial news.

"Forget Logic; Fear Appears to Have Edge" NYT, 10/8/2008

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Thirty Issues: Globalization

First, call in with your tales from the global economy: Did your job cross the border without you? Are your biggest customers overseas? Are you now supervising workers in Bangalore? Call in and comment below.

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Philip Levy, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and trade policy coordinator for the McCain campaign, and John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation, debate the issue and what the candidates say (and are likely to do do) on this issue.

Then
Bud Konheim, president and chief executive officer of Nicole Miller, explains the effects of globalization on New York's garment industry.

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