As the G-20 meets in London, one of the main issues at hand are economic reforms. A piece, The Quiet Coup, in the May issue of The Atlantic paints an unhappy picture of the U.S. economy. It claims that economic recovery in the U.S. will fail unless we break the financial oligarchy that is blocking essential reform. And we might want to listen up because this article was written by none other than the former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, Simon Johnson. He joins The Takeaway to discuss the state of the American economy in the midst of this global meeting.
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