In a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities conference call briefing, Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi, two of the nation’s leading economists, discussed the recent paper that the Center commissioned from them - The Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Next One - and took questions from journalists. Listen here.
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Alan S. Blinder, former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, is Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Vice Chairman of the Promontory Interfinancial Network, and a regular columnist for The Wall Street Journal.

Mark Zandi is Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics, and he serves on the boards of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Company and TRF, one of the nation’s largest community development financial institutions.