Having poor people in the richest country in the world is a choice. We have the money to solve this. But do we have the will?

Inequality isn't inevitable in capitalism, says the Noble Prize-winning economist in Harper's. But it is with the capitalist system America currently has.

The truth is, America’s lurch toward widening inequality can be reversed. But doing so will require bold political steps.

Sorry, Ayn Rand. Your fiction has been exposed as, well, fiction.

Watch clips from Bill's interview with economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

An increasing body of research shows the government serves only the wealthy. When money talks and you have none, how can you believe in democracy?

The flaw in Thomas Piketty's book is that it is not a tour de force of theory, enabling mainstream economists to ignore its powerful message.

The Nobel prize-winning economist tells Bill that America is on the road to becoming a society controlled by those with inherited wealth, like "Gordon Gekko's son or daughter."

Economist Paul Krugman explains how the United States is becoming an oligarchy - the very system our founders revolted against.

The French economist answered this and other questions about Capital in the Twenty-First Century at a forum last week. Watch video of the event here.