One of our favorite reoccurring guests on The Zero Hour is economist Dean Baker, co-director of The Center for Economic and Policy Research.
In the clip below, Dean explains how the supposed "generational warfare" and deficit scaremongering promoted by Very Serious People is just a smokescreen for the real divide: Between the 1% and the rest of us.
More great Dean Baker segments below the fold.
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