And now, to the Republicans' fury, the topic is changing to Enron.

ECONOMIST: Enron, Oracle and Gray Davis

In choosing the topic for this year's symposium--maintaining stability in a changing financial system--the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City staff is, once again, right on target.

FORBES: Reducing Systemic Risk

Yet, despite insistence from economists that changing gas prices affect household income only minimally, Americans gas prices are such a hot-button topic in the U.S. that political advisers manage campaigns around it.

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