Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Income and Wealth Inequality
Overview
John talks about modern American income inequality, Warren G. Harding's love letters and President Obama's "Day In The Life" tour.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2014-07-13
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Income and Wealth Inequality is Episode 10 in Season 1 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2014-07-13. The runtime is 30 min.
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