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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik discusses what he calls the myths of the Social Security crisis. Filmmaker Akiva Goldsman describes how his upbringing has factored into his journey to success in Hollywood.
Michael Hiltzik
Michael Hiltzik
Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitizer Prize-winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times. In his more than 20 years with the paper, he's worked as a financial, political and foreign correspondent and as a technology writer. He's also won a Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honor in American financial journalism. Hiltzik has written several books, including Dealers of Lightning, the nonfiction A Death in Kenya and, his latest, The Plot Against Social Security: How the Bush Plan Is Endangering Our Financial Future.
Akiva Goldsman
Akiva Goldsman
Akiva Goldsman is a much in-demand screenwriter, who's written numerous successful films. His credits include two Batman movies, A Time to Kill and A Beautiful Mind, for which he won an Oscar. He took up screenwriting after graduating from Wesleyan and studying creative writing at NYU. His producing credits include Starsky & Hutch and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. On tap for Goldsman are the films Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code and The Ha-Ha: A Novel, which will be his directorial debut.