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Amanpour & Co.
Author on American Old-igarchy: “How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth”
More than one-third of sitting U.S. senators are over 70, and a recent CNN poll shows that 58% of Americans believe this "poses major problems." Yale Professor Samuel Moyn calls the elderly cohort the "old-igarchy." He joins Hari Sreenivasan to argue that older generations hold disproportionate power in America.
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Amy Goodman; Tia Lessin; Sarah Elizabeth Lewis; Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr.; Paulina Borsook