A Troubled Global Economy

'To the Point' looks at how a globalized economy means that America's financial problems could spread to the rest of the world.

The International Monetary Fund says America's financial crisis is so bad it will damage the rest of the world -- except for the Middle East and Asia. Finance ministers from the major industrialized countries have gathered in Washington to figure out what to do. Not everybody's as pessimistic as the IMF, but nobody doubts that there's trouble ahead. Is the global economy faced with another Great Depression? How worried should Americans be? What should be done, and will there be winners as well as losers, both at home and abroad?

Guests:

- Simon Johnson: Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund
- David Malpass: Chief Economist, Bear Stearns
- Desmond Lachman: Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Bill Emmott: former Editor, "The Economist"

Hosted by award-winning journalist Warren Olney, "To the Point" presents informative and thought-provoking discussion of major news stories — front-page issues that attract a savvy and serious news audience.

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