{"id":543,"date":"2011-10-04T14:03:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T18:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=543"},"modified":"2011-10-04T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T18:05:26","slug":"the-top-is-not-paying-the-price-of-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2011\/10\/the-top-is-not-paying-the-price-of-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The top is not paying the price of civilization&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American economist Dr. Jeffry Sachs, author of the new book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Price-Civilization-Reawakening-American-Prosperity\/dp\/140006841X\">&#8220;The Price of Civilization,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0on &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; talking about the economic state of the United States; education, stagnating wages, the wealth gap, and all the charts you could want.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"msnbc39faa5\" width=\"350\" height=\"245\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=44768907^488048^910410&amp;width=350&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"launch=44768907^488048^910410&amp;width=350&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><embed id=\"msnbc39faa5\" width=\"350\" height=\"245\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" FlashVars=\"launch=44768907^488048^910410&amp;width=350&amp;height=245\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"launch=44768907^488048^910410&amp;width=350&amp;height=245\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; 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