Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Moyers on the Other News; James K. Galbraith; "Playing for Change"

October 24, 2008

Bill Moyers gets context on the financial crisis, the bailout and the road ahead from James K. Galbraith, the Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Government and Business Relations and Professor of Economics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs University of Texas, Austin. Galbraith has authored several books, most recently THE PREDATOR STATE: HOW CONSERVATIVES ABANDONED THE FREE MARKET AND WHY LIBERALS SHOULD TOO. Then, Bill Moyers sits down with Mark Johnson, co-director of the film PLAYING FOR CHANGE: PEACE THROUGH MUSIC, to talk about music, the foundation he started to provide resources to musicians and their communities around the world. 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.