An unprecedented abyss of economic and social turmoil

Bill Moyers Journal, PBS by Bill Moyers, Mike Davis | Mar. 23, 2009 (Interview)

Once a meat cutter and a long haul truck driver, nowadays, Mike Davis teaches creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. This recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" has written so many books we can barely get them on the screen for you. Two of his histories of Los Angeles and Southern California, 'City of Quartz' and 'Ecology of Fear' were best-sellers. His latest: 'In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Mar. 23, 2009

Interesting interview by Bill Moyers with socialist writer and historian Mike Davis, about the financial crisis, the Obama Administration, and the prospects ahead for western civilization. This 15-minute conversation is insightful, based on extensive factual evidence, as well as a helpful historical perspective.

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