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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>"A Question of
Fairness"<BR>PBS Airdate: Friday, November 21, 2003 at 9 p.m. (check local
listings)<BR> <BR>Robert Pollin<BR>Founding Co-Director of the Political
Economy Research Institute (PERI) and <BR>Professor of Economics at the
University of Massachusetts-Amherst. <BR> <BR>In the United States, the
idea that anyone can succeed is a vital part of our national identity. But
today, the middle class is shrinking, the gap between the rich and poor is
widening, and the American Dream is at risk. What's driving the growing
disparity that's creating a two-class society? This Friday on NOW with Bill
Moyers, noted economist and author Robert Pollin provides economic context to "A
Question of Fairness," a special one hour edition of NOW with Bill Moyers.
Pollin, who has worked with the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress,
walks viewers through the complicated issues leading up to and facing a troubled
US economy. Pollin has been a consultant on living wage policies in several US
cities, and is currently working under the auspices of the UN Development
Program to develop policies to promote jobs and equality in South Africa. He is
a prolific writer with a new book, Contours of Decent: US Economic Fractures in
the Landscape of Global Austerity. This book shows how variants of neoliberal
economics under both Clinton and Bush--lavishing favors on multinationals and
capitalists while allowing living standards for ordinary people to fall--operate
in the US and less developed countries, and explores policies for economic
growth with increased equality.</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>