stimulus package

President Barack Obama invited leading economic thinkers to a job creation summit on Thursday to help combat the worst unemployment crisis in decades.

The economic free-fall is finally slowing down, although nobody expects the recovery to be very pleasant.

The banking lobby still holds enough sway inside the Beltway to torpedo sensible consumer protection rules, even after releasing many predatory mortgages that kicked off the current economic crisis.

This week's Audit looks at economic accountability from Goldman Sachs to contractors involved in the economic stimulus package.