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Which Way, L.A.?

The Age of Outrage in Europe and America

Multibillion-dollar investor Warren Buffett has made headlines by suggesting that he and other rich people pay too little in taxes. In this Sunday's New York Times, columnist Roger Cohen wrote that "a feeling has grown in Western societies that uncontrollable forces are at work shrinking possibility.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Multibillion-dollar investor Warren Buffett has made headlines by suggesting that he and other rich people pay too little in taxes. In this Sunday's New York Times, columnist Roger Cohen wrote that "a feeling has grown in Western societies that uncontrollable forces are at work shrinking possibility. "History," he said, "has never seen a global power shift as radical as the current one that managed to be peaceful." We hear a lively debate.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Sonya Geis

    Senior Managing Editor

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Julia Flucht

    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    Roger Cohen

    Columnist for the New York Times; Foreign editor for three years

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    Karsten Voigt

    German Council of Foreign Relations

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    Eric Schoenberg

    Responsible Wealth

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