Economist Peter Morici is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Business and former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission. He joins us to explain the effects of the global stock sell off and why the federal bailout failed to excite the marketplace.

Guest: Andrea Bernstein, The Takeaway Political Director

At the first hearing into the causes of the financial crisis, the House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee grilled Dick Fuld, the chief executive of Lehman Brothers, about millions in bonuses paid to the firm’s executives even as the company appealed to the federal government for a bailout to save it from bankruptcy.

On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Rays faced off against the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox took on the Los Angeles Angels. The Red Sox squeaked out a victory in the bottom of the ninth and will go on to face the Tampa Bay Rays for the American League pennant.

Guest: Dr. Anthony Cordesman. He holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr Corsdesman is a former National Security Assistant to Senator John McCain, and served in the Defense Department and State Department. He writes a lot about Afghanistan and Pakistan… ...

They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the fifth of a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein talks with voters in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Indiana hasn't voted for a Democrat for President since 1964, but current polls indicate that the state could swing.

The U.S. financial crisis has become an international phenomenon, with global stock markets plummeting, credit markets freezing and banks failing. The World Bank and G7 finance ministers don't seem to be optimistic either can control the situation.

Tonight’s Town Hall-style debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain takes The Takeaway to Nashville, Tennessee. Reporter Colby Sledge has been following the preparations for a month. He gives us a sneak preview of what’s in store.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., will hear the case of 17 Chinese Uighurs who have been held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for seven years. Though the government cleared them for release in 2004, they can't be returned to China for fear that they will be tortured. No other country will take them.

The surge in voter registration in Georgia is no surprise, but its racial breakdown is. The state has seen a 27-percent increase in black voters when compared to 2004 as the number of white voters has fallen 14 percent.

Guest: Ron Gonen, President and CEO of RecycleBank, a startup that rewards curbside recycling

How many times have you heard the phrase, “Life’s not fair?” And yet, we haven’t let it stop us from trying to make everyone equal. We right wrongs, punish evil-doers, stop injustice. But what explains our urge to retaliate or our need to stick it to Wall Street for the subprime mess? It turns out it’s all in our genes, baby. New York Times science reporter Benedict Carey talks about the evolution behind retaliation, and our primal urge to make the world a little fairer.

Guest: Vikas Bajaj, New York Times correspondent