Economics Professor David C. Smith on government bailouts

On the November 23rd edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Professor David C. Smith of UVA’s McIntire School and Director of the McIntire Center for Financial Innovation. With CEOs of the “big three” US automakers asking for billions of dollars in federal aid, banks asking for help to free up credit spending, and talks of “negative inflation,” Professor Smith helps sort out the confusing news and what impact all of this may have on our economy.

Wake-up Call: Election Day

On this edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up call show Pete Ronayne and Jim Sofka, two political analysts, join host Rick Moore to discuss the presidential election of 2008. Some of the issues discussed were: The Bradley Effect, the number of robo calls, Obama’s informercial. and who can still be “undecided” and what are they waiting for? Listen to the podcast and leave your comments.