Twilight of the Elites: Chris Hayes on How the Powerful Rig the System. ...

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Published on Jul 17, 2012 by democracynow

DemocracyNow.org - Amidst a series of recent scandals that have rocked the global banking system, journalist Chris Hayes joins us to discuss his new book, "Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy." The book examines how Wall Street and other major institutions -- from Congress to the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball -- have been crippled by corruption and incompetence. Hayes is host of the MSNBC weekend show, "Up with Chris Hayes," and is editor-at-large of The Nation magazine. "One of the most insidious aspect of the current distribution of resources in this country, the current inequality we have, isn't just that it is bad for people in the bottom of the social pyramid, but that it makes people at the top worse," Hayes says. "It conditions them to be incompetent and corrupt."

Watch Part 1 of this interview: http://youtu.be/mDaFVjaZr7w

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Twilight of the Elites: Chris Hayes on How the Powerful Rig the System. ...

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Published on Jul 17, 2012 by democracynow

DemocracyNow.org - Amidst a series of recent scandals that have rocked the global banking system, journalist Chris Hayes joins us to discuss his new book, "Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy." The book examines how Wall Street and other major institutions -- from Congress to the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball -- have been crippled by corruption and incompetence. Hayes is host of the MSNBC weekend show, "Up with Chris Hayes," and is editor-at-large of The Nation magazine. "One of the most insidious aspect of the current distribution of resources in this country, the current inequality we have, isn't just that it is bad for people in the bottom of the social pyramid, but that it makes people at the top worse," Hayes says. "It conditions them to be incompetent and corrupt."

Watch Part 2 of this interview: http://youtu.be/z3Q-pxwQhvU
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Report on the Greek Left

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Published on Jul 17, 2012 by TheRealNews

Leo Panitch: Recently returned from Greece, a report on Syriza, the left party that could win the next election.

Police Killings of People of Color a Systemic Problem

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Published on Jul 21, 2012 by TheRealNews

Report finds one African American dies in extrajudicial killing every 36 hours

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Scotland Debates Independence

10 Years Since Downing St. Memo: Is It Happening Again?

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Published on Jul 23, 2012 by TheRealNews

Ray McGovern and Annie Machon: British Intelligence chief ramps up war talk against Iran

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The Death of Evidence in Canada

The Syrian Conflict is Not Sectarian - Ahmed Versi

@Govt follows you: Twitter feeds info to US police state

Destabalising Syria is a Mossad operation - Shoruk

Talk Tech To Me: Anonymous vs. Wikileaks

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Published on Jul 19, 2012 by TheAlyonaShow

Tonight on Talk Tech To Me Alyona and RT Web Producer Andrew Blake discuss a new Wikilikes venture some Anons are taking on, Youtube's new face blurring feature, and the Justice Department's suit against telecom for challenging a national security letter..

Clash of Cultures: Multikulti cycle of hatred grips Europe

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Published on Jul 22, 2012 by RussiaToday

Norway is marking a year since Anders Breivik massacred 77 people in twin attacks. Breivik is still on trial - he insists the killings he carried out were part of his war on multiculturalism. And, as Tesa Arcilla reports, Europe's clash of cultures is growing ever more radical..