Charlie Rose sits down with Henry Kissinger, German-American scholar and Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, to discuss President Obama’s visit to China.

A link to the transcript of the interview follows at the end of the post.

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Source: Charlie Rose, November 16, 2009.

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In this post, Charlie Rose conducts an hour-long interview with Warren Buffett.

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Source: Charlie Rose, November 13, 2009.

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In this post, Charlie Rose interviews Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University, on the economy.

Charlie Rose sits down with Kenneth Rogoff.

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Source: Charlie Rose, November 10, 2009.

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In this video clip, Peter Orszag, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, is in the spotlight on the US budget and other pertinent issues.

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Source: Charlie Rose, November 3, 2009.

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Charlie Rose sits down with Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and author of the new book The Next Asia - Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization, and discusses China. Roach has been based in China for the past three years and describes why he loves it and what he has learned. A link to the transcript of the interview follows at the end of the post.

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Source: Charlie Rose, October 23, 2009.

Charlie Rose sits down with Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss the global economic crisis and the players who inhabited the story. Ross Sorkin is an award-winning American journalist and author of a new book Too Big to Fail. He is a financial columnist for The New York Times and is the newspaper’s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter. He is also the founder and editor of DealBook, a financial news service, published by The Times. Ross Sorkin began writing for The Times in 1995 under unusual circumstances; at the time he started writing for the paper, he hadn’t yet graduated from high school.

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Source: Charlie Rose, October 19, 2009.

John Micklethwait has been editor-in-chief of “The Economist” magazine since 2006. Previously he was United States editor of the publication.

Micklethwait was educated at Ampleforth and Magdalen College, Oxford. He joined “The Economist” in 1987, previously having worked for Chase Manhattan Bank. He coined the word Cosmocrat. His books include; “The Company - A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea,” “The Right Nation,” “The Witch Doctors” and “The Future Perfect”.

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Source: Charlie Rose, October 14, 2009.

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Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, is arguably one of the wisest men on the economy. In this two-part conversation with Charlie Rose, he sheds light on the global economic crisis, how we got here, where we are, and what is next for us. Don’t miss this one.

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Source: Charlie Rose (here and here), September 29 & 30, 2009.

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Stock markets recorded another strong week as further signs of economic stabilization emerged. The S&P 500 Index worked its way back to above the 1,000 level on Friday, and more upside lies ahead said Abby Joseph Cohen, Goldman Sachs’ market strategist, as she expected the Index to reach the 1,100 mark by year end.

This week’s batch of video clips not only covers the outlook for stock markets, but also discussions about the economy’s transition from recession to recovery and other topical issues. Appearing on camera are Jeffry Sachs, Robert Shiller, Larry Summers, Lakshman Achuthan, Joseph Stiglitz, David Rosenberg and David Hickey.

The selection starts off with two academics - Jeffrey Sachs and Robert Shiller - and concludes with a discussion about the “man-cession” - older white male workers being among the hardest hit by job losses.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Index on Thursday breached 9,000 for the first time since January and the Nasdaq Composite Index notched up a 12th consecutive advancing day (the first time sine 1992) as favorable reactions to earnings and economics reports propelled stocks and other risky assets higher. Meanwhile, the usual debate on the outlook for the economy and shenanigans of financial institutions again dominated the video channels over the past few days.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s bi-annual testimony on Capitol Hill (and an expected grilling by Alan Grayson) and other highlights of the week’s trials and tribulations were captured on video and are included in this video-o-rama compilation. Strutting their stuff were a star-studded cast including the likes of Martin Feldstein, Stephen Roach, Bill King, Nouriel Roubini, Sheila Bair, Mario Gabelli and George Friedman.

The compilation starts off with an interview with Harvard’s Martin Feldstein about his “double-dip” economic