Discussing: The Economy

Read follow-up blogs from Amanda Logan on how spiraling prices and stagnant wages are battering the American dream, and ideas for reviving the middle class. Isaiah Poole also posts a follow-up blog on Bernie Sanders call for a revolution to reverse the collapse of the middle class.

Guest Sen. Bernie Sanders will be joined by our panel of bloggers, including Isaiah Poole (TomPaine.com) and Amanda Logan (Center for American Progress), as we debate how to fix the economy and end the current class war. Below are some articles that Sen. Sanders and our bloggers will be analyzing. Read up and ask our guests informed questions on the economy using the live blog feature when the show is live.

• The Great Corporate Tax Heist by Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post
• It's a Class War, Stupid by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
• America's Middle Class Still Losing Ground (pdf) by Christian Weller and Amanda Logan, American Progress
• Why the Minimum Wage Increase is Not Enough by Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
• It's the Economy, Stupid by Frank Rich, New York Times
• Shorts and Fannies: A Brief History by Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
• GOP Brags McCain Will Continue Bush's Economic Legacy by David Sirota, Brave New Films
• Spiraling Prices & Stagnant Wagaes Batter the American Dream by Amanda Logan, ThinkProgress
• Riding the Bush Roller-Coaster by Isaiah Poole, Campaign for America's Future
• Losing to China Where it Matters by Isaiah Poole, Campaign for America's Future
• Why You Want a Progressive to be Running the Economy by Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian

If you missed last weeks show with Darcy Burner, you can watch it here.