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AirTalk

Fixing a dysfunctional economy

By AirTalk Staff
Published Oct 6, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd-L) is joined by Vice President Joe Biden (L), Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag (3rd-L), White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (2nd-R) and National Economic Director Lawrence Summers (R-foreground) during a meeting on the economy in the Oval Office of the White House on January 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd-L) is joined by Vice President Joe Biden (L), Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag (3rd-L), White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (2nd-R) and National Economic Director Lawrence Summers (R-foreground) during a meeting on the economy in the Oval Office of the White House on January 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Fixing a dysfunctional economy
In the October 12 issue of "The New Yorker," writer Ryan Lizza looks at the inner workings of President Obama's economic team. He talked with Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Peter Orszag and others about economic policy. What's working? What isn't? And what trials and conflicts are helping to redefine the Administration's struggle to fix the American economy.

In the October 12 issue of "The New Yorker," writer Ryan Lizza looks at the inner workings of President Obama's economic team. He talked with Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Peter Orszag and others about economic policy. What's working? What isn't? And what trials and conflicts are helping to redefine the Administration's struggle to fix the American economy.

Guest:

Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker magazine, where he covers the White House and national politics and writes the magazine's "Letter From Washington" column