(Minimum Wages: The New Economy)

Content: Bill Moyers takes a piercing look at how global economic changes are destroying the lives and livelihoods of hardworking Americans. The documentary follows several individuals and their families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as they fight to make ends meet in the “new economy.” In sheer numbers, more jobs were created than lost in America during the last decade, but a look behind those numbers reveals a shortage of jobs that pay enough to support a family. The program intimately portrays the lives of workers and their families as they struggle to make it in today’s job market.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

57 minutes

Year:

1992

Directors:

Tom Casciato

Actors:

Self

Crews:

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Director

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