Me straight with the state of our political system. And when you look at polls about threequarters of americans are unhappy with the direction their country is going in with government, and i as a constitutional conservative, count myself as one of those, and i believe that comes from the fact that our founders set up this system where the individual has the starring role and government plays a supporting role, but its sort of flipped on its head, and that led me to the title of the book government this problem because i believe our government has gotten way too big and i believe both political parties, career politics on politicians on beat size of the aisle, facilitate that and youre seeing that play out right no in the republican primary in the fact that so much of the conservative base is rallying around someone with no political experience, completely outside of the republican establishment. Host is that a good thing . Guest i think its a very good thing. Think the Republican Part
Use the hashtag artist places. Fire up your smart phones if you get a chance. I am mark muro, senior fellow at the metropolitan policy program and my privilege to kick off todays auspicious event. I say our event today is auspicious for several reasons. It is always auspicious to welcome and help launch a book into the world, given it is a red letter day for fred bacher whose excellent book the smartest places on earth is just out and if i do say so, rush to pick up a copy, we have some out beyond the back, on the way out please do that. Also two experienced economic observers focusing not on the standard inside the beltway with spin cycles, and at brookings, the most fundamental elements of national wellbeing, r d and stem worker advanced industries from aerospace, Regional Technology clusters, Regional Technology ecosystems, critical, that is part of their focus, and collaborations they accelerate. The fact that cities and regions themselves can become incubators of growth. They trav
Very strict process to make sure they are assigned to people who have no connection to was under not trying to pass back or softpedal a review, the worst part of my job is waiting for those reviews to come back and they are not always confident. It is agonizing in the book review section. My colleagues put up with it. I can honestly say they have all been supportive under the worst circumstances. Host with book reviews do you read . Guest the la book review. I have heard good things. The la book review is great, it is not a startup anymore. Im impressed by their reviews and i read all the great reviews in the library journal, to figure out what to assigned three month out. As far as book review sections, the guardian is a great section. Host ron charles is the editor of Washington Post book world. This is booktv on cspan. Thanks so much. [inaudible conversations] hi. We are welcome to book court. We are excited to welcome Louisa Thomas in conversation with louisa hall about her new boo
Conversation with louisa hall about her new book louisa. Thats great. A searching american biography of louisa atoms. Louisa hall is the author of two novels. She examines the clash between conscious objectors and soldiers during world war i. It was called daring by the new york times. Jessica dray ellis said of louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams, for a long time i have been waiting for a biographer with sufficient style and emotional range to tell the quite extraordinary story of Louisa Kaplan Adams in all its splendor and sadness. Louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams has been worth the wait. Please join me in welcoming her. [applause] guest hi everyone, thanks for coming. I am so happy to be here to talkabout this book. Also just happy to be part of this group of louisa. I feel like many other louisas might have been chosen but im honored to be the one. This book also is one of my favorite books that ive read this year, i love this book very deeply, not just because o
[inaudible] [inaudible] we are excited to be here tonight and to have lisa cut thomas in conversation with louisa hall about her new book. Searching american biography. Louisa hall is the author of two novels, who is thomas first book, conscious and examines the clash between soldiers in world war i. It was called daring by the new york times. Joseph j ellis said of louisa, the extraordinary life of adams, for a a long time i have been waiting for a biographer with a different style an emotional range to tell the extraordinary story of lisa, Catherine Adams and also wonder and sadness. Please join me in welcoming louisa and louisa. [applause]. Hello everyone. Thank you for coming. I am so happy to be here to talk about this book. Also happy to be part of this book for louisa. If you like many other louisas may have been chosen but im flattered to be the one. This book also is one of my favorite books that i have read this year. Id love it very deeply. Not just because of the pleasures