Smart Talk: Progress? For Wealth, Not Against Poverty. Andrew Mazzone, John Roemer and the View from Yale

Capital inequality, the vast wealth held in relatively few hands, is on the rise again, posing a challenge to society. John E. Roemer, a Yale economist and political scientist, discusses the perils and prospects of capital and capitalism, how economic trends are affecting labor and society, and what it means for the place of the U.S. in the world.