Bill Moyers. God bless the man, even at 77 he just can't seem to retire. Though his infamous "Journal" aired it's final show last summer, Moyers has begun a new series that's digging deep to the roots of political and economic corruption that plague our country and our economic environment.
In this video Bill interviews economists and authors Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, who make the case that income and class inequality in America have been intentionally engineered by the strategic collusion of Big Business and the Federal Government over the last three decades. They argue that the extreme wealth currently realized by the top fraction of income earners is no accident - and that the political ramifications for a Democratic society are indeed dire. Going beyond the obvious problems that extreme inequality produce in society, Hacker and Pierson present strong evidence that highly concentrated wealth indeed threaten the very solvency and integrity of a Democratic state. More info and full transcript link here
Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson on Winner Take All Politics from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
Hacker and Pierson co-authored Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer — And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
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