Alan Greenspan

The federal commission created to investigate the financial meltdown has finally nailed down the full witness list for its inaugural hearings this week. The public relations challenge for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: If it can’t generate...

Will the embattled and poll-challenged Democratic senator retire rather than face virtually certain defeat in November?...

Coming Sunday morning: Sarah Palin will visit “Fox News Sunday,” which also has lined up Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. Palin, pictured in this AP photo by Erik S. Lesser, is a...

ABC: “This Week With Christiane Amanpour”: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco); Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Bloomberg: “Political Capital with Al Hunt”: Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.). CBS: “Face the Nation”: Adm. Michael Mullen,...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said over the weekend that a decline in home prices could derail an already slowing economic recovery and send the U.S. into a double-dip recession. Greenspan's comments, made on Sunday's edition of NBC's...

According to a report in the St. Pete Times, Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio recently called for extending the Bush tax cuts to spur economic growth but said “they don't pay for themselves.” Rubio was speaking on Saturday, a day before...

Today's topic: Would a more effective stimulus have been a direct bailout for homeowners facing foreclosure? The problem: There aren't enough buyers Point: Edward Leamer It's been 3 1/2 years since the housing market peaked at the end of 2005, and we...

Beryl W. Sprinkel Economic advisor to Reagan Beryl W. Sprinkel, 85, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Reagan administration and who helped guide the administration's response to the October 1987 stock market crash,...

I'm no Alan Greenspan when it comes to finance, but let's start with a very basic premise, no advanced degree required: The Lakers and the luxury tax seem about as comfortable together in the same sentence as Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. I bring it...

SATURDAY The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 2010 elections: co-authors John Heilemann and Mark Halperin ("Game Change"); gays in the military: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Rep. Duncan Hunter. (R-Alpine) 3 p.m. CNN Larry King Live 6 and 9 p.m. CNN.....

Also, Roger Goodell, Sen. Jack Reed, King Abdullah II and John Brennan....

-- Lineup: New York's Lincoln Center Theater has announced three Broadway productions for the 2010-11 season, including John Guare's "A Free Man of Color," the musical "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and the British play "War Horse."......