In his Wealth and Poverty class at U.C.- Berkeley, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich discusses the grave economic and social consequences that may result if the gulf between rich and poor continues to widen.
Release Date: September 27th, 2013
DVD Release Date: January 7th, 2014
PG |1 hr 26 min
Plot SummaryIn his Wealth and Poverty class at U.C.- Berkeley, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich discusses the grave economic and social consequences that may result if the gulf between rich and poor continues to widen.
Cast: Candice Bergen, Mary Tyler Moore, Dolly Parton, Jon Stewart, Lily Tomlin, Conan O'Brien
Director: Jacob Kornbluth
Genres: Documentary
Policy wonk Robert Reich’s analysis of today’s parallels to the Great Depression is both statistics-driven and impassioned. show more
Reich is a more lively speaker than Al Gore, however, frequently working jokes about his sub-five-foot height (his growth having been disrupted by a genetic disorder) into his presentation, and many of the film’s statistical interludes have been entertainingly animated as insurance against eyeball-glazing. show more
Reich has a good sense of humor, as is virtually required of an adult who's less than 5 feet tall — he has Fairbanks disease, the same condition that accounts for Danny DeVito's stature — so he's pretty much guaranteed a laugh when he hops to his feet and asks if he looks like an advocate of "big government." show more
