Brooklyn Book Festival: Twilight of the Elites
Chris Hayes, Michelle Goldberg, and Richard Kim
Sunday 23 September, 2012
1pm, $0
St. Francis McArdle
180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY
Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another—from Wall Street to Congress, from the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball—imploded under the weight of corruption. In the wake of the "Fail Decade," Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions. How did we get here? With Twilight of the Elites, Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer. A conversation with MSNBC host Chris Hayes and author Michelle Goldberg, moderated by Richard Kim.