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It was raining and i thought, booklovers are going to want to stay in bed and read. But, here you are. Thank you, good morning. [applause] welcome to the 2017 National Book festival. Carla hayden, im honored to say that im the 14th library of congress. As you can see, im pretty excited to open this event. Our 17th consecutive celebration of books and reading. Its wonderful to see if house and our largest presentations space. Not only will have a full house here at the convention center, but we h...

He will be followed they struck a chord in the National Conversation about poverty in america. Thomas freedom barely needs an introduction he is an internationally recognized writer on the Foreign Affairs and the environment. In Michael Lewis is famous for his books about finance such as liars poker but he is equally famous for his books about topics as diverse as adoption and baseball. The screen adaptations of the blindside in moneyball among others had been enormously popular. In condoleezzas...

Perfect example of how victorians lived. He had been a judge jurisprudence your court judge for over 25 years and he grew up in the home from the time he was 4 years old until he died in 2003. Even though he was born in oregon in 1914, his father was a chemical engineer that met his mother here in redding, she was Teaching School there and they married in the parlor of this home. We have her his mothers wedding gown and they they moved to oregon where the judges father had relatives and lived un...

Perfect example of how victorians lived. He had been a judge, a superior court judge for over 25 years, but he grew up in this home from the time he was four years old until he died in 2003. Even though he was born in oregon in 1914, his father was a chemical engineer that met his mother here in redding. He worked at the compromise and she was Teaching School there, and they married in the partner of this home. We have his mothers waiting down. And wedding gown. They moved to oregon where come h...

Book came. And then later on, i became a fish and game warden myself. And then i continued writing stories about my generation of fish and wildlife so the book is called the game wardens son. Being with my dad during those years when he was a game warden was like having a storybook childhood. I did things that most kids would dream of. When he started out, he was on what they call marine patrol and his duty was patrolling the channel the California Channel Islands which are fantastic. And theyre...

This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. My name is maureen conway. Vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director. I am delighted to welcome you to todays conversation in our working in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we do a lot a variety of work to advance ideas that will help low and moderate income americans connect to Economic Opportunity and thrive in a changing economy. In the working in america series in particular, we look at a...

This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. My name is maureen conway. Vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director. I am delighted to welcome you to todays conversation in our working in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we do a lot a variety of work to advance ideas that will help low and moderate income americans connect to Economic Opportunity and thrive in a changing economy. In the working in america series in particular, we look at a...

Lets start with what corporations are paying now. Line rate which is 35 . Top tax rate the on corporations. Theres lots of studies that have said that tax rate is substantially less than that. Were talking federal taxes. Were not talking entire state, and all that. Government accountability a nonpartisanis entity, they looked a the for years, 2008 to 2012, they profitable u. S. Corporation. They said theyre paying 14 tax rate. Thats more than half under what the effective tax rate is. Lots of st...

Expanding the earned income tax credit. At this event hosted by the Aspen Institute. All right, good afternoon, everybody. And welcome. My name is moyne conway, Vice President at the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Economic Opportunities program. And i am so delighted to welcome you to todays conversation in our working in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we do a lot of a variety of work to advance ideas that will help lower and med upincome americans. In the w...

Expanding the earned income tax credit. At this event hosted by the Aspen Institute. All right, good afternoon, everybody. And welcome. My name is moyne conway, Vice President at the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Economic Opportunities program. And i am so delighted to welcome you to todays conversation in our working in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we do a lot of a variety of work to advance ideas that will help lower and med upincome americans. In the w...