Read the NBR team's thoughts about the challenges facing Barack Obama. Then post your comments.

The Worth of Infrastructure Projects

posted by Jeff Yastine

If you want to see how the folks "on the ground" would like to spend the billions of dollars in infrastructure money likely to be siphoned from the federal government's coffers, go to the US Conference of Mayors website, which contains the "wish list" of projects favored... + More

More on Obama from Economists

Zandi and Shiller

posted by Darren Gersh

I interviewed Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy.com and Robert Shiller of Yale for the NBR special "A Time for Change: The Obama Agenda," which we'll broadcast on Monday. Only a portion of Zandi and Shiller's analysis of Obama's economic strategy made it... + More

The spot to access extended interviews from "A Time for Change: The Obama Agenda."

Video: Mark Zandi on the Stimulus

Video: Robert Shiller on Confidence

Reports from NBR's archives related to Barack Obama and the financial crisis.

Continuing Series

Economic Choices 2008

Continuing Coverage

Bailout

November 27, 2008

From Bubble to Trouble: The Financial Crisis of 2008

On January 20th, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. Obama campaigned on a platform of change, and he will begin his term facing a severe economic crisis that demands new ideas. In this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day special and accompanying series, Washington bureau chief Darren Gersh and the NBR team take stock of the challenges confronting the new president as well as his early proposals to resuscitate the economy.