Global Political Cartoons: Sep 12-18, 2009

This week’s cartoons is show how difficult it is for President Obama to heal the US health care system, discipline Wall Street, or satisfy his European allies. We also see Israel defend itself against a UN report and who needs new footwear? The just-freed Iraqi shoe thrower.

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Overhauling America’s financial system

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President Barack Obama has called on Congress to approve an overhaul of the US regulatory regime. In a speech marking one year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers bank, he also mounted a vigorous defense of his administration’s economic policies. Marco Werman talked with the BBC’s Economics Correspondent Andrew Walker (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Download MP3

• Latest BBC Coverage
• The BBC’s Aftershock Series
• Audio Slideshow: Lehman’s Last Day

Wall Street still central to global economy

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There’s been speculation that we’re watching the demise of Wall Street dominance, that foreign banks may swoop in and steal business and talent from weakened American banks. Will New York remain the center of banking? The World’s Jason Margolis looked at that question. Download MP3

• Global recession timeline
• Best of the BBC: The Day that Lehman Died
• The World’s Global Economy Podcast

President Obama’s Plan to Overhaul Financial Rules

President Obama announced a plan for the most sweeping changes to the rules of finance since FDR’s changes during the Great Depression. It’s hard to argue that President Roosevelt’s actions in the 1930’s didn’t help bring stability and order to Wall Street. But it’s a much different world today. Listen to the Global Economy Podcast