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The Great Recession 10 years later: Lessons we still have to learn

Ten years ago this month, a recession began in the U.S. that would metastasize into a full-fledged financial crisis. A decade is plenty of time to reflect on what we have learned, what we have fixed, and what remains to be done. High on the agenda should be the utter unpreparedness for what came along. The memoirs of key decision-makers convey sincere intentions and in some cases, very adroit maneuvering. But common to them all are apologies that today strike one as rather lame.

Robert Bruner

Ex-Deputy Labor Sec. Lu Says Wage Growth Is Lagging

Former U.S. Deputy Labor Secretary Christopher Lu discusses U.S. tax policy and its impact on the labor market with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets."

Chris Lu

Thanks to President Donald Trump, our world is a less safe place for everybody

But unlike, say, the annual condemnation of the US embargo of Cuba, the condemnation of Trump's Jerusalem decision calls attention both to the President's habit of hasty decision-making and his grander strategy of choosing easy wins over hard work.

Nicole Hemmer

Behind the Pentagon Papers: The beginning of Nixon’s end

The landmark Pentagon Papers case, while profoundly important, was only the public part of the President’s reaction to the leak. Privately, Nixon wasn’t much worried about the leak of the Pentagon Papers, since the secret history cuts off in mid-1968, months before he was even elected president. Nixon was worried about something else, something that could damage him politically — the potential leak of his own Vietnam secrets.

Ken Hughes

Barbershop Talks The Republican Tax Bill And Basketball

Now it's time for the Barbershop, where we talk to a group of interesting people about what's in the news and what's on their minds. Sitting in the chairs for a shapeup this week, we have Mary Kate Cary. She's a former speechwriter for the first President George Bush, now a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. She joins us in our Washington studios. Thanks for being here.

Mary Kate Cary

The next battle for Trump, GOP and the Dems

Rick Santorum discusses the recently passed GOP tax bill and the Trump/Republican agenda for 2018 with Chris Lu and host Wolf Blitzer, expressing disappointment at Senate Majority Leader McConnell's implication that only bipartisan legislation can be accomplished now that tax reform

Chris Lu