Bill Moyers Journal : Government Debt / American Unreason

Infobase, (film distributor.). Public Affairs Television (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: What are the implications of the United States' $9 trillion federal debt for future generations of Americans? In this program, Bill Moyers gets a reality check from PublicAgenda.org's Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, coauthors of Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis. In addition, Susan Jacoby, author of The Age of American Unreason, talks about the crisis of ignorance in the U.S. and how a "flight from reason" is playing out in American politics and society. The program concludes with photojournalist Lori Grinker, who takes viewers to Amman, Jordan, for a devastating look at the fate of displaced Iraqis.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (1 video file (56 min., 11 sec.)) : sound, color.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Public Affairs Television (Firm), [2008]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2016.
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released by Public Affairs Television (Firm), 2008. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 13, 2016.
Formatted Contents Note:	Big Money (2:42) -- Washington Routinely in Debt (2:21) -- Fixing Social Security (2:51) -- Social Security Crisis (2:45) -- Hungry for Change (2:08) -- Military Spending (3:47) -- Reason vs. Unreason (2:45) -- Political Language (3:05) -- Presidential Titles (2:50) -- Outgrowth of Freethinkers (2:40) -- Ghosts, Angels, and Miracles (3:03) -- Public School Downfalls (2:53) -- Anti-Rationalism (3:29) -- Power and Importance of Memory (2:00) -- Government We Deserve (2:15) -- New York Art Exhibit (2:50) -- Iraqi Translators (4:11) -- Women Hit by Snipers (2:21) -- Escaping Violence in Iraq (2:08) -- Credit: Bill Moyers Journal: Government Debt/American Unreason (1:36)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Broadcast date 2008 February 15.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Infobase, December 16, 2016)