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This Week on NOWObama's ChallengeRobert Kuttner, author of the new book "Obama's Challenge," talks to NOW on PBS about the enormous obstacles to -- and potential solutions for -- getting America's economy back on track. As President-elect Barack Obama unveils his top economic team, Kuttner offers his advice on how America's next leader should stimulate a recovery, including a $600 billion government spending package. "We need the government big time to prevent this from becoming the Great Depression II," Kuttner tells NOW's David Brancaccio.Stiglitz: "A Gun at Our Heads" 
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about misplaced priorities in handling the economic meltdown, and what we should do next.Watch the Video New Life for the Electric Car? 
California has announced a $1 billion initiative to put electric cars on the streets of San Francisco. What obstacles might the electric car face?For insight watch: Who Killed the Electric Car? Scandal Watch Powered by ProPublica Ratings Agencies Face Civil Rights Complaint (Washington Post, 12/01) Bank Examiners Told to Step Up Sanctions on Lenders (Wall Street Journal, 12/01) Pelosi: Rangel Ethics Probe Will Be Done By Early Jan. (Politico, 12/01) Republicans Question Rangel’s Tax Break Support (New York Times, 11/26) Legal Experts: Bush Admin Uses Detainees To Solidify Power (Washington Independent, 12/01) Spanish Gov’t To Probe Gitmo Flights (AP, 12/01) |
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