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First senate confirmation. between the checkpoint administration and obama administration, lawrence summers served five years as president of the harvard university. then he served as the director of the national economic council for president obama t. lies that the trump administration has put out about its tax bill are as offensive to larry summers as any lies that donald trump has ever told. because for larry summers, economics is a deeply personal pursuit and for all good economists, its a p...

For president obama t. lies that the trump administration has put out about its tax bill are as offensive to larry summers as any lies that donald trump has ever told. because for larry summers, economics is a deeply personal pursuit and for all good economists, its a pursuit of the fruit. for larry summers, economics is in his blood. he was born into the profession. his brother robert was an economist. his mother anita is an economist and a professor at the university of pennsylvania as his fat...

Samu samuelson is still the text that students are forced to buy. its good to be skeptical that samuelson and other experts predict americas future, and when pessimists like me say oh, its the regulation. theres more all the time. thats killing the american dream, be skeptical and facebook matthew keller posted, my wifes age grant. only been here four years and in that time she makes more money than a lot of americans. what people dont realize is that to succeed you must take risks. taking risks...

>> next and booktv ro khanna legal assistant deputy -- dubya secretary of commerce argues the u.s. is and will continue to be a leader in at manufacturing and innovation. it is about 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you for the very kind introduction. a real honor to be at politics and prose. such an institution to the city and the pleasure to be here. thank you for coming out on an august evening to hear me. i will try to be brief in my comments and i have more of an exchange of ideas ...

.. and the battle against fate. in the price of politics, "washington post" associate editor bob woodward recounts congress and the obama administration attempt to restore the u.s. economy in the last three and a half years. look for these titles in bookstores this coming weekend and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and booktv.org. next on book tv, ro khana secretary of commerce argues that the u.s. is and will continue to be a leader in manufacturing and innovatio...

market economies have had enormous success delivering prosperity in countries around the world. what i worry about is that in the last three decades or so, we have drifted from having a market economy to becoming a market society. by a market society, i mean a society where market relations and market values seep in to spheres of life, traditionally governed by nonmarket values. family life, personal relations, health, education, civic life, this is what i worry about. i think it has h...

where you can have conversations. i will never refrain from speaking truth to power, but if people are willing, i will always come back to them with praise and, hopefully, open the doors for talking. >> youre watching booktv on c-span2, and weve been talking with liberty university professor ron miller about his book, "sellout: musings from uncle toms porch." >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this wee...

market economy which is a necessary tool to allocate goods and services to being a market society. can you explain to the audience when you mean by this distinction and how and when its come about if? >> guest: a market economy as easily as a tool and an instrument and a very effective one for organizing protected activity and market economies have had enormous success at delivering affluence and prosperity in countries around the world. what i worry about is that in the last three dec...

said, is a tool thats an instrument, and its a very effective one for organizing productive activity, and market economies have had enormous success at delivering excellence in prosperity in countries around the world. what i worry about is that in the last three decades or so, we had drifted from having a market economy to becoming a market society, and by a market society, i mean, a society where market relations and market values dive into spheres of life traditionally governed by n...

up next on book tv, after words, an hour-long program where we invite guest hots. this week, conor oclery and his book about the last day of the set soviet union. he details the day gorbachev resigned as president of the uss and the failed coupe of that day. he talks to thomas plan -- blanton. the director of the security archives. >> conor ocleary, author of money possess scow, december 25, 1991: the last day of the soviet union" end of an empire without firing a shot. and there are a...