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In this country of about 300 million people, approximately 50 million are poor and another 50 million are living dangerously close to the poverty line. How did we get here, and what can we do about it?

This morning, The Nation‘s Greg Kaufmann joined a panel of experts on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane to tackle these questions, and more.

—Erin Schikowski