bill moyers interviews simon johnson...

there comes a time in every economic crisis, or more specifically, in every struggle to recover from a crisis, when someone steps up to the podium to promise the policies that—they say—will deliver you back to growth. the person has political support, a strong track record, and every incentive to enter the history books. but one nagging question remains. can this person, your new economic strategist, really break with the vested elites that got you into this much trouble? // simon johnson, former chief economist of the IMF, baseline scenario