September 16, 2010 – Segment 1

What are the causes of the growing economic divide in the US, and what does rising economic inequality mean for our society?  Joining us to look at these questions are:

Dedrick Mohammad – Senior Organizer and Research Associate for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good of the Institute for Policy Studies

Chuck Collins  – Director of IPS’s Program on Inequality and the Common Good

Timothy Noah – Journalist, author of the United States of Inequality series in Slate

Also this hour, Joy Zarembka, Interim Director for IPS, joins us to discuss the work of Institute for Policy Studies and one of their upcoming events this weekend, the Sheridan Circle Memorial Service.