Moyers & Company; Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities

December 14, 2012

Independent political and economic analysts Bruce Bartlett and Yves Smith join Bill Moyers to ask why Washington insiders are talking about the deficit crisis and not the jobs crisis. Bartlett, former advisor to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, got into hot water with fellow conservatives when he aired concerns about party ideology and the second George Bush. His most recent book is THE BENEFIT AND THE BURDEN: TAX REFORM -- WHY WE NEED IT, AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE. Yves Smith, who spent more than 25 years in the financial services industry, is the founder and editor of the popular blog Naked Capitalism, and runs a successful management consulting firm. Bill Moyers shares his perspective on one of the most corrupting D.C. fixtures -- the revolving door between Washington leadership and lobbying. And Poet James Autry joins Bill Moyers to talk about issues of art and of heart. He shares his poems and discusses his and his wife Sally's challenging but inspiring experience raising their autistic child. MOYERS & COMPANY is a weekly series aimed at helping viewers make sense of our tumultuous times through the insight of America's strongest thinkers. The program also features Moyers hallmark essays on democracy.