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I was really touched by this interview with Bill Moyers.  He has been covering some really important topics for many years, and this one seems particularly important and relevant to your future and reflects why I am so focused on political work these past few years.  It's nearly an hour, but just watching the first 20 minutes will convey so much of what I'm fighting against and for.  BTW, this video is 5 years old and is even more relevant today than ever... it's gotten even worse since then. This is the kind of thing you might want to understand in your study of economics. The economic/poltical forces at work in the world today put your very well-being (and the well-being of your friends, your community and your children) at increasing risk. I don't want you to think that you should be fighting this. Many analyists think the tide has shifted too far already, and fighting it will require herculean strength that can only come from all of us banding together, a propect that still seems quite remote.  But you can (and I'm sure will) be a part of building elements of a new world that can supplant the old as it's failaure becomes increasingly evident to more and more people -- even as more and more people become increasingly impoverished, disenfranchised and disemowered from fighting the current economic system run amok that if left unchecked will ultimately undermine our society's and planet's well-being.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-49tKzXe2Y


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