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Your Call: Economic growth & rising inequality

G20 Summit Brisbane 2014

On the November 14th edition of Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll discuss coverage of poverty, Asia­Pacific summit and the Trans Pacific Partnership or the TPP, and the G20 meeting in Australia. How is the widening wealth gap affecting reporting on major global summits? We’ll be joined by Talk poverty’s editor Greg Kaufmann and McClatchy’s Kevin Hall. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join the conversation on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you. 

Guests:

Kevin Hall, chief economics correspondent for McClatchy

Greg Kaufmann, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and editor of  TalkPoverty.org

Paul Mason, economics editor at Channel 4 News

Web Resources:

Talk Poverty

McClatchy: Obama carries U.S. economic clout with him to summit

The Guardian: Apec summit backs Beijing roadmap to vast Asia-Pacific free trade area

Common dreams: Oxfam to G20: Take Action on Global Extreme Inequality

The Guardian: Channel 4 News economics editor Paul Mason lambasts the banks – video

http://youtu.be/Wf7a53y9RRM