FAREED ZAKARIA GPS: why the U.S. is not in a ‘double dip’ recession…and more

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria interviews experts from business and finance on the U.S. economic crisis — and their informed solutions for recovery.  Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for The Financial Times of London, offers his views on why the U.S. is not in a ‘double dip’ recession and what lessons the U.S. may take from approaches to Britain’s economic challenges.

The 11,000 Starbucks retail outlets give CEO and founder Howard Schultz insights into consumer confidence and spending trends.  He discusses why he feels people should withhold their political contributions from the 2012 cycle and what it will take to move the nation’s economy from crisis to recovery.

Former investment banker, author, and financial journalist, Michael Lewis,  (Boomerang, 2011; The Blind Side, 2006; Moneyball, 2003), will discuss his research on the origins of the global economic crisis around the world.  Author and Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist Tom Friedman (That Used To Be Us, 2011), discusses what made the U.S. exceptional — and how we can get it back.