Evangelical activist Jim Wallis wants a moral response to America’s financial crisis. Economic recovery will not be enough, he says. The country needs a recovery of values.

Wallis is a progressive voice who has long been a critic of the market-driven life. Now, he says, his point is proven.

Wall Street will not show the way. The need for change, he says, goes far deeper. To other, older values.

This hour, On Point: Jim Wallis and his call for a moral recovery from economic crisis.

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-Tom Ashbrook

Guests:

Joining us from New York is Jim Wallis, president and CEO of Sojourner’s, a progressive evangelical Christian organization, and founder and editor-in-chief of Sojourner’s magazine. His latest book is “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street.”

And from Stanford, Calif., we’re joined by Tod Lindberg, political scientist and research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. He’s editor of Hoover’s Washington-based journal, Policy Review, and a contributing editor at The Weekly Standard. He’s also author of several books, including “The Political Teachings of Jesus.”

A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. (AP)

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Crash is the word, right around the world, with millions of Americans this week feeling like crash test dummies, trapped in a rolling pile-up.

Few Americans alive today have ever lived through a week like this. Now you can tell your grandkids you have.

And rarer still, a week like this in the heart of an historic presidential campaign. Old certainties are crumbling with the markets. World leaders are headed for the White House. The campaign trail is blazing hot, and maybe too ugly.

This hour, On Point: a wild, wild week in the news. Our news roundtable takes on the headlines.

-Tom Ashbrook

Guests:

Joining us from San Antonio, Texas, is Gebe Martinez, political columnist and contributor to Politico.com.

Joining us from Washington is Zanny Minton Beddoes, economics editor for The Economist and author of the 20-page special report on the world economy that appears in the latest issue.

And with us from Hanover, New Hampshire, is Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly.