Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Moyers on the Iraq Surplus; The Business of Poverty; Bob Herbert and Dean Baker

August 8, 2008

As more companies view low-income Americans as opportunities for profit, the "poverty business" is booming. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL and EXPOSE: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS follow a team of BUSINESSWEEK reporters as they track new corporate practices that some say exploit the working poor. Bill Moyers gets perspective from economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Dean Baker and THE NEW YORK TIMES op-ed columnist Bob Herbert. A Bill Moyers essay, Where has all the money allocated to rebuild Iraq gone? BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.