Is California a failed state?

An 'Intelligence Squared' debate features three panelists FOR and three panelists AGAINST the proposition: California is the first failed state.

Guests

• Andreas Kluth: West Coast correspondent for The Economist.
• Sharon Waxman: Award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and leading authority on the entertainment business. Waxman is the founder and CEO of TheWrap.com.
• Joseph "Gray" Davis: Former governor of California, 1999-2003.
• Van Jones: Former special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality and the author of "The Green Collar Economy."
• Lawrence O'Donnell: Senior political analyst for MSNBC and an Emmy-winning producer of NBC's "The West Wing." Former Democratic chief of staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
• Bobby Shriver: Santa Monica City Council member, 2004-present.

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Resources

• Intelligence Squared U.S.