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."

Bill reflects on the forces that are causing inequality to skyrocket, why it matters and where we're headed in the future.

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

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century shows how much today's inequality has in common with what America, France and Britain saw a century ago.

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.

It's the real takeaway from those projections that have everyone buzzing.

A roundup of Bill's ten most popular discussions and essays this year.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ...

Paul Krugman, Wendell Berry and Sister Simone Campbell were among those awarded with a Four Freedoms Medal.

Paul Krugman attributes many of the theories he uses in analyzing today's depression to economist John Maynard Keynes, whose ideas rose to prominence in the 1930s during America's last major depression.