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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Kristin Gorski
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 by Kristin Gorski - Mar. 23, 2009

Two interviews by veteran journalist Bill Moyers which put the current economic crisis into solid context. This transcript show Moyers's knowledge of the topics and respect for the people he interviews and for their p.o.v.'s.; he lets them tell their stories without too much editorializing. In-depth and enlightening.

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