Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Simon Johnson and Michael Perino

April 24, 2009

The Senate has responded to the growing demand for a new Pecora Hearing, the 1930s investigation into the causes and effects of the Great Depression. A 92-4 vote in the Senate supported the creation of a bipartisan and independent commission to investigate wrong doing in the lead-up to the economic crisis. For context, Bill Moyers speaks with economist Simon Johnson, and Pecora biographer and legal scholar, Michael Perino. Johnson is a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Perino is a professor of law at St. John's University and has been an advisor to the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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.