David Simon, journalist and creator of the TV series The Wire and Treme, spoke about the divide between the rich and poor in America at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney last November.
Simon began his speech by saying: “I come from a country that is now utterly schizophrenic when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely two Americas. I live in one, on one block in Baltimore that is part of the viable America, the America that is connected to its own economy, where there is a plausible future for the people born into it.” He then went on to take questions from the audience.
