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The average income of middle-class families has been on the rise for decades, but some experts say the economy that made this possible has also transferred risk from government and businesses to those same Americans. A look at the rewards and risks of today's economy.
Peter Gosselin, reporter for the "Los Angeles Times"
William Niskanen, chairman of the Cato Institute and former acting chairman of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers
Jacob Hacker, associate professor of political science at Yale University, fellow at the New America Foundation, and author of a forthcoming book entitled “The Great Risk Shift"
All over the world, there are ruins of once-thriving cultures. The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Guns, Germs, and Steel” explains how environmental factors have often led to civilizations’ collapse, and talks about lessons for the modern world.
Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA
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