Radley Balko, 2/8/12

Senior Writer and Investigative Reporter, The Huffington Post

How can we be facing an epidemic of overdose deaths wrought by too many prescriptions for painkillers and, at the same time, be facing a public health crisis of undertreated pain?

Stanley A. Dashew, 2/8/12

Innovator; Entrepreneur; Industrialist; Philanthropist

What bothers you? I mean, what really grates on your nerves? Chances are, whatever the problem, others feel the same way. I made my first fortune in starting a company that automated the credit card industry, because paper cards were very problematic and really grated on the nerves of bankers.

Al Norman, 2/8/12

Founder, Sprawl-Busters

An everyday low price for a life -- from the company that made its fortune on cheap imported products -- like the labor of Romulo de Oliveira Santos.

Clay Farris Naff, 2/8/12

Science writer, journalist, author

When President Obama used the occasion of the National Prayer Breakfast to say that for the fortunate to pay a little more to help the less fortunate "coincides" with Jesus' teachings, he must have touched a nerve.

Dennis M. Kelleher, 2/8/12

President and CEO, Better Markets, Inc.

Ignoring all evidence and facts, Wall Street is reported to be "an industry that the White House has thoroughly and repeatedly demonized and demoralized" -- what?

Mike Lux, 2/8/12

Co-founder and CEO, Progressive Strategies

For about 16 months, we have been hearing that the settlement talks with the big banks are just about to close, but they never do, and it's clear that the major holdup now is bankers crying themselves a river, weeping, moaning, and gnashing their teeth.

Jared Bernstein, 2/8/12

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Mitt Romney's got real economists on his team. If he wants to make the case that things would be better if we followed his plan, which is explicitly anti-stimulus on jobs and would liquidate the housing market, let's see the economic model for how it would work.

Pamela Yellen, 2/8/12

Founder, 'Bank On Yourself Nation'; Financial security expert; Bestselling author

How compatible are you and your partner when it comes to money and finances? Many couples have different values where money is concerned and neglect to take the time to hash out issues that can potentially ruin their relationship.

Richard Barrington, 2/8/12

CFA, MoneyRates.com

While the latest jobs report was a home run, the long-term question remains: Can the momentum be sustained?

Seth Engel, 2/8/12

Georgetown Law student

Xenophobic marketing is worse than racist; it capitalizes on the American public's fear of being overtaken by other economies while blaming a nameless, borderless "Asia."

Elizabeth Lower-Basch, 2/8/12

Senior Policy Analyst, CLASP

As part of the price for extending federal unemployment benefits, House Republicans want to add a provision that denies benefits to workers without a high school diploma or equivalent.

Carol Pierson Holding, 2/8/12

Writer

US companies may have grown lackadaisical because consumers have stopped using their pocketbook power to influence corporate behavior. If all American consumers care about is price, why should companies focus on anything other than reducing production cost?

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, 2/8/12

CEO, Green for All

Green jobs pay higher, are more available to those with only a high school degree -- and are growing faster than jobs in the rest of the economy. It's a smart sector in which to invest.

Richard (RJ) Eskow, 2/7/12

Consultant, Writer and Senior Fellow, Campaign for America's Future

Forgery and perjury are serious crimes. It's an even more serious crime to ask others to do it for you.

Gene Marks, 2/8/12

Small business management columnist, author, speaker, and business owner

Let the big names like New York and Chicago host the Olympics and be "world class". I can always visit those places for a day. But create a "world class" school system in my city and I'll have customers (and employees) for life. That's what my small business needs.

Charles Duhigg, 2/8/12

Reporter, The New York Times

When marketers influence habits, they influence peoples' self-identity. And so when a group or company does something that doesn't correspond to our core values, it feels like a betrayal.

Dan Solin, 2/7/12

Author of the Smartest series of books

I am fascinated by the way most people invest, because it is demonstrably wrong.