A week is a long time in economics
I'm back on Monday - my colleague Anita Anand presents today's programme. Here's her run down on what to expect.
"That really was 'the week that was'. A virtual earthquake in the city and a week that ends in a £500bn Government bail-out of the banking system. Yet this morning the FTSE opened 10% down as markets around the world took fright.
While wordsmiths grapple with the exact terms to describe these events on the Daily Politics we'll be examining just how we got to this. How did the markets become king and what does this week's bail-out mean in terms of future regulation?
Also could Gordon Brown finally be having some fun - we'll be examining his week, his mood - and just how at the end of it he felt up to cracking jokes about whether 'another bank has fallen'.
So on today's programme we'll have:
- Chairman of the TUC ;
- who was an informal advisor to Margaret Thatcher;
- leading Westminster journalists of the Guardian and of the Telegraph;
- and as ever we'll have our Friday run down of what's up and what's down in the political charts.
Do join in the debate below.
Anita"
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