Top Economist Explains Why a Bernie Economy Would Soar – Big Picture with Thom Hartmann

Republicans like Ronald Reagan have successfully made fringe ideas like trickle-down economics and returning to the gold standard part of the mainstream political conversation. So why is the media so skeptical of Bernie Sanders’ plan to jump-start the economy by returning the Democratic party to its New Deal roots? Dr. Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, joins Thom Hartmann to discuss this.