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'Easy credit was a substitute for decent wages in America," observed Barbara Ehrenreich at a televised Nation Books panel on the economy, held on March 6 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Organized to coincide with the publication of Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered our Financial System and How We Can Recover (Nation Books), the panel featured Joseph E. Stiglitz, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jeff Madrick and Christopher L. Hayes. With taxpayer money being funneled to bank bailouts and the rising fury over executive bonuses, the event clearly tapped into the zeitgeist—the line began to form hours before the panel started and more than 500 people had to be turned away. The discussion ranged from the plight of America's autoworkers, arguments for and against bank nationalization to the impact of the crisis on the developing world, the need for regulation and more.

The panel will be broadcast nationally on C-SPAN'S Book-TV on April 5 at 3 p.m. and on April 6 at 6.15 a.m. EST (check your local listings). Listen to the podcast. Read our liveblog of the event on the Nation Books Twitter page.'

Luister: http://www.nationinstitute.org/events/188