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Moyers & Company Show 143: Rebroadcast "On Winner-Take-All Politics"

From Moyers & Company | Part of the Moyers & Company series | 52:57

Because of Hurricane Sandy, we are airing this encore edition of "Moyers & Company," first broadcast in January. This Election Day, issues of money, influence and Winner Take All Politics are more important than ever! Bill Moyers explores how America's vast inequality didn't just happen, it's been politically engineered.

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If you think America’s vast economic inequality – the gap between the richest Americans and everyone else – happened by accident, think again.  On the premiere episode of Moyers & CompanyJacob Hacker   and Paul Pierson -- "the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson of political science" -- delve into Winner-Take-All Politics, their book on "How Washington Made the Rich Richer -- And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class."

Says Moyers:  “Their account is the best account I've seen of how politicians rewrote the rules to create a winner-take-all economy that favors the 1% over everyone else, putting our once and future middle class in peril.”

The show includes testimony of middle class Americans at a Senate hearing about the impact of hard times on families, as well as an essay on how Occupy Wall Street reflects a widespread belief that politics no longer works for ordinary people. 

The show will also be available for free viewing on the BillMoyers.com website Friday, January 13.

Uncovering the ways Washington helps the rich get richer. Next on Moyers & Company.

Single-Payer Health Insurance in Vermont

From CHC Radio | Part of the Conversations on Health Care series | 24:33

Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont joins us today.

Chcradio_logo_color_small Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on Vermont's plan to create the first single-payer health insurance program in the nation. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin about the bill he signed into law this year and why he believes it will make Vermont a healthier, more prosperous state.