We’re on vacation this week and with your help put together some special Best of 2011 shows for you this week.  Use this post as today’s thread.

Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum (@kdrum) talks plutocracy and the history behind how unions lost their influence.  What their demise has meant to the middle class and how it has brought us to the economic and political disparity of today.   Continuing on the theme, author of Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob Hacker talks about American wealth inequality.

Finally, after taking a look at selections from our own favorites & our friend Jay at Best of the Left, we noticed some of the best Majority Report segments happen when Sam takes on mainstream media! (Note from Matt: There was so much, well…awesomeness, in this category, I’ve went ahead and gave you all way too much!)