KC Fed's Thomas Hoenig's View
Airtime: Mon. Aug. 23 2010 | 10:54 AM ET
Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig testifies to a House Field Committee on the economy and the issue of too big to fail.

Airtime: Mon. Aug. 23 2010 | 10:54 AM ET
Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig testifies to a House Field Committee on the economy and the issue of too big to fail.

James Surowiecki speaks with Michael Mauboussin, the Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management and the author of “Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition,” about common investment mistakes, how to improve decision-making, and what investors can learn from the recent stock-market woes.

According to Bain & Co, China has swept past the US as the world’s #2 luxury market, and it’s expected to grow 15% in 2010. Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group, speaks to CNBC’s Chloe Cho about luxury brands big push into China.

Jim Simons, founder of Renaissance Technologies, discusses the Flash Crash, the market’s reaction and how his company dealt with orders in the immediate aftermath, with CNBC’s Melissa Lee.

We have a $700 billion to $1 trillion rescue package being thrown at countries “which are patently insolvent,” David Roche from Independent Strategy said Monday. He added that EU leaders have not addressed how the austerity measures are going to be enabled to help these countries become solvent again.

President Barack Obama speaks before the Budget Deficit Commission.

Sovereign wealth funds have nearly $4 trillion of hidden assets ready to be spent, with Tom Buerkle, Institutional Investor International Editor.