Is American politics widening the gap between rich and poor?
Broadcast: Midday, 02/15/2011, 11:00 a.m.
Influential political scientist and author Jacob Hacker speaks at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute about his new book, co-written with Paul Pierson, "Winner Takes All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class." His book looks at how government policies have helped promote income inequality over the past four decades.
