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Special: Thomas Frank - Pity the Billionaire (Promo)

Special: Thomas Frank - Pity the Billionaire (Promo)

How has the right turned the biggest economic downturn in decades into an opportunity to whip up support for Wall Street? Join Thomas Frank as he explains why no one should "Pity the Billionaire".
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Special: Thomas Frank - Pity the Billionaire
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After the economic crash of the great depression, America saw a resurgence of populism and government assistance. Years into the great recession, why have the voices of populism been drowned out by those in defense of free market capitalism?

 

Author Thomas Frank discusses this contradiction in the Link TV original presentation, Pity the Billionaire. How has the right turned the biggest economic downturn in decades into an opportunity to whip up support for Wall Street? How can people laid waste by a system of hypercapitalism be so quick to rise in it's defense? Join Thomas Frank as he explains why no one should pity the billionaire.

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Special: Thomas Frank - Pity the Billionaire
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