As income disparity in North America widens and the empathy gap seems an even greater chasm, The Miser speaks more strongly than ever to a world run by the one per cent. Jeff Rubin, author of the new book The Expendables: How the Middle Class Got Screwed by Globalization, argues that bridging the economic gap will take more than our traditional notions of capital and labour. Join him for a conversation about the effects of globalization on the middle class – and what needs to be done to reverse the trends.