Saturday, June 23, 2012

Bill 'Moyers and Company': 22 June 2012

Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith on the Follies of Big Banks and Government
June 22, 2012 - Rolling Stone editor Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith, creator of the finance and economics blog Naked Capitalism, join Bill to discuss the folly and corruption of both banks and government, and how that tag-team leaves deep wounds in our democracy. Taibbi’s latest piece is “The Scam Wall Street Learned from the Mafia.” Smith is the author of ECONned: How Unenlightened Self Interest Undermined Democracy and Corrupted Capitalism. Full Transcript

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Peter Eldelman on Fighting Poverty
June 22, 2012 - Why, in one of the richest nations in the world, are so many poor people are teetering on the edge? Bill talks with author and advocate Peter Edelman about continuing efforts to fight poverty, and what it will take to keep the needs of poor people on the American political agenda. A former aide to Robert F. Kennedy and faculty director of Georgetown University’s Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, Edelman’s new book is So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America. Full Transcript

Follow the Nuns on the Bus
“Nuns on the Bus” is a bus filled with Catholic nuns traveling from the Midwest to Washington, D.C. to spotlight social justice issues and protest the House Republican budget. Our producer, Andy Fredericks, is aboard, providing regular updates and videos. Read More>>>


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