UMW leader Rich Trumka on anger and the economy

9.7% is the conservatively stated unemployment rate.  Underemployment 16%.  African American 16.5%.  African-American teenagers 40%.  All teenagers 24%.


Rich Trumka, the President of the United Mineworkers of America,  on the vitriol of today's public discourse, the difference between hate and anger, the complacency of the affluent and the duty of public intellectuals to build a sustainable high wage economy.


At the Kennedy School of government, Institute of Politics:


Thanks to James Fallows for the tip.