Occupy Wall Street, the one percent versus the 99 percent, income inequality--these topics dominated the national conversation after the collapse of the US financial system in 2008. Six years since, the economy has slowly climbed out of the doldrums, but the narrative of wealth disparity has remained ingrained.

Reactions to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent gaffe about being "dead broke" after she and President Bill Clinton left the White House show just how hypersensitive the country has become when it comes to the topic of wealth--both for those who have acquired it and for those who haven't.

Clinton, of course, eventually apologized for her "inartful" remark, but it got us at AirTalk thinking about how difficult it is to talk money today. How do you identify yourself socioeconomically? Do you talk to your friends and colleagues about your socioeconomic status? How do  you do approach the topic?

Guests:

Douglas G. Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and the author of many books, including “The Reagan Diaries” (Harper Perennial, 2009) and The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 (Houghton Mifflin  Harcourt, 2014), which he’s a co-author of

Amanda Clayman, a certified financial social worker and she blogs about financial matters at The Good, the Bad, and the Money