Author Chrystia Freeland** (of the new book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else) and my one true love Matt Taibbi (described beautifully by Moyers as "perceptive and merciless," although I rather think Taibbi might have more mercy in his little finger than do the wealthy and political jerks he covers, in their entire bodies) were on Bill Moyers and Company this past weekend. Enjoy!
*And I do mean pleasure--my heroes and crushes Bill Moyers and Matt Taibbi in one place. Yummy. Fifty Shades of Grey, eat your heart out!
**I am not, however, sure I how feel about Ms. Freeland in this interview. She seems a bit too forgiving of the plutocrats for my tastes.
Bill Moyers is my kind of guy. I see we somehow missed buying the book Plutocrats, so I am ordering it. Thanks, CR.
Posted by: rick | 25 October 2012 at 05:27 AM
Your perception of Ms. Freeland is not unique, from what I read. But then, I'm assuming she's still writing for FT?
Posted by: Sarah | 25 October 2012 at 05:28 PM
Rick,
Ditto on Bill Moyers. So glad he's back on PBS.
Also glad to be of help where "Plutocrats" is concerned. I'm not very good at reading current NF--I tend to lean toward the backlist--but I'm going to try to do more announcing of big NF titles here in the future, if that sort of thing is helpful.
Sarah,
Good to know. After I get the book I'll have to look her up--I'm assuming she's still working as a journalist somewhere. For some reason it surprised me that she's Canadian--she seemed very "u-rah-rah free market," and that always strikes me as a very American trait.
Posted by: Citizen Reader | 25 October 2012 at 08:23 PM