What's Wrong With the US Economy

With the rise of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement it's worth looking at what has caused America's growing income disparity.  Jeffrey Sachs’ new book, “The Price of Civilization” examines the current economic crisis, tracing its roots not to the housing or financial bubbles of the ’00s, but to a shift in Washington toward smaller government that began in the early ’80s and has yet to be reversed.

Read Salon.com's interview with Jeffrey Sachs here.