Tim Geithner
American privilege comes with a cost -- but is it too high?
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made what some have called an outrageous claim about the roles of American citizens and their government, in calling for the most fortunate Americans to bear the burden of the privilege of being an American by paying higher taxes. Is it a privilege to be an American? And if so … what does that privilege cost?
Government considers next moves for Fannie and Freddie
This Week's Agenda with Marcus Mabry and Jonathan Marcus
This week's Agenda with Marcus Mabry and Jonathan Marcus
TARP take two
Lizzie O'Leary, Washington-based reporter for Bloomberg News, and Tom McCool, Director of the Center for Economics at the Government Accountability Office, join Todd and Katherine to look at how TARP may be different the second time around.
The Idiot's Guide to vetting a cabinet nominee
Bill Richardson, Tom Daschle, Nancy Kilefer, Tim Geithner, and now Hilda Solis. Does President Obama have a vetting problem? To answer that question we are joined by Kenneth Gross, a vetting expert who worked with President Bill Clinton.
Capitol Hill preview
Things are not slowing down at all this week on Capitol Hill: Tim Geithner is likely to be approved as Treasury Secretary, the new Senator from New York will be sworn in, and the Senate Appropriations Committee will debate the stimulus bill.
Obama economic team learned from Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
'Whether it's true or not, there's a belief in the the Obama camp that Tim Geithner was for bailing out Lehman Brothers and just was overruled.' --Jackie Calmes on Robert Rubin's acolytes