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Lawmakers may try to regulate Wall Street compensation, but commentator Andy Kessler says no amount of meddling is going to fix the pay scales.

Despite signs of an economic recovery, jobs are still scarce. Increasing unemployment means more people are having to start over, like commentator Peter Basch.

President Obama is on a campaign to build support for his plan to overhaul health care, and to dispel some of the rumors about it.

But commentator Farhad Manjoo says that's the wrong thing to do.

Regulators who let Lehman Brother collapse admit it was a tough ride, but claim it all worked out in the end. Commentator David Skeel says otherwise.

As football season kicks off, the state of the economy has commentator and sportswriter Jon Wertheim rethinking about how cavalier he will be in calling for coaches to get canned.

While some sectors of the economy are improving, the labor market is still hurting. Commentator Robert Reich says that bad news for a real recovery.

The health care debate is putting climate change on the back burner, which means the U.S. may not pass a law to cut down greenhouse gas emissions anytime soon.

Commentator Dan Esty says that's a cop out.

Lots of people are still out of work, but some are starting to ease back in, like commentator Glenn Miller.

But he's not quite sure what to make of it.

Ever wonder why college is so expensive? Commentator Tyler Cowen says it's because there's more to education than just coursework.

Even on vacation, economists can't help themselves: They think about money. Commentator Robert Reich tells us what his recent road trip with his son taught him about the state of the U.S. economy.