Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Benjamin R. Barber; Sanford Levinson; America on Steroids

December 21, 2007

Bill Moyers interviews author Benjamin Barber about how capitalism isn't living up to its potential to serve society. "Capitalism is no longer manufacturing goods to meet real needs and human wants," says Barber. "It's manufacturing needs to sell us all the goods it's got to produce." Barber is the author of 17 books including international best-seller JIHAD VS. MCWORLD and CONSUMED: HOW MARKETS CORRUPT CHILDREN, INFANTILIZE ADULTS AND SWALLOW CITIZENS WHOLE. Bill Moyers speaks with Sanford Levinson, professor of Law at the University of Texas Law School and the author of four books, most recently, OUR UNDEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION: WHERE THE CONSTITUTION GOES WRONG (AND HOW WE THE PEOPLE CAN CORRECT IT). A Bill Moyers essay on what the Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball can tell us about America today. 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.