A Wall St. sign next to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) September 16, 2008 in New York City. U.S. stocks continued to drop Tuesday morning for the second consecutive day, following yesterday's Dow Jones Industrial Average plunge of 4.4% or 504 points, being the worst single day loss since the terrorist attacks of September 2001. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Big loss on Wall Street
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With Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch, A.I.G. and other financial institutions in turmoil on Wall Street, an unemployment rate at 6.1 percent - a five-year high - and a housing market still slumping, experts Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston join Midday to discuss the current economic crisis.
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Chris Farrell: Minnesota Public Radio's chief economics correspondent
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Louis Johnston: Economics professor, St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict
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