On Saturday morning Chris and his guests discussed the lack of efforts by the Federal Reserve to help the economy and the asymmetrical pressure it's receiving from Republicans and Democrats. Also, they talked about President Bill Clinton's comments last week about the fight over the Bush tax cuts and Mitt Romney's career at Bain Capital. Plus, a discussion about a new study that shows racial polarization has intensified since the inauguration of President Obama.

Joining Chris were:
- Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter), MSNBC political analyst
- Betsey Stevenson (@BetseyStevenson), former chief economist in the Obama Labor Department
- Karl Smith (@ModeledBehavior), assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Dedrick Muhammad (@DedrickM), senior director of the Economic Department at the NAACP
- Peter Schiff, former economic adviser to Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign
- Michael Tesler, professor of political science at Brown University

:: Blogged by Brett Brownell (@brettbrownell), Up w/ Chris Hayes web & video producer ::