Fault Lines: California Crashing
June 13th, 2009
California is in crisis. The state is $24bn short of balancing its books this year – and it may run out of cash to pay its bills in a matter of weeks. Avi Lewis travels to South Central Los Angeles to learn about the political causes and the human impact of shock therapy, California style – and gets a glimpse of how the next chapter of the global economic crisis is likely to unfold.