Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Los Angeles Labor; Holly Sklar; Steve Fraser
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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL analyzes the growing inequality gap on the ground in Los Angeles where union workers just marched to bring attention to how they are getting squeezed out of the shrinking middle class. Bill Moyers also interviews Steve Fraser, historian and author of WALL STREET: AMERICA'S DREAM PALACE, about the modern parallels and differences to the first Gilded Age, the big disparity between the rich and poor and the increasing strain on working Americans. Holly Sklar, co-author of RAISE THE FLOOR: WAGES AND POLICIES THAT WORK FOR ALL OF US, discusses what current economic conditions say about the state of the American dream. And a Bill Moyers essay on inequality in America. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.
