Look, protecting the middleclass society used to be the democrats holy mission. Once upon a time they wouldve looked at the situation we are in today, rolled up their sleeves and tackle the situation with a certain amount of relish. Shared prosperity was once the parties highest aim area defending the middleclass world that we live in was a sacred path for them as they never tired of reminded us back in the days of truman and albie jay. To this day, democrats are the ones that pledged to raise the minimum wage in the taxes of the rich. When it comes to tackling the defining challenge of our time many of our modern Democratic Leaders faltered. They acknowledge that inequality is rampant and it is an awful thing but they can never seem to find the conviction or the imagination to do whats necessary to reverse it. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] i get everyones attention. I am keith, im the director of the progra
[inaudible] i get everyones attention. I am keith, im the director of the program here at george university. Today we are thrilled we have Deirdre Mccloskey and and conversation with my good colleague tom, deirdre has come out with a third volume of her trilogy the bourgeois inequality, well talk about that in the introduction but i want to personally congratulate deirdre on this collection. I think it is the most ambitious work and economics done done during my career at least in economics and an amazing achievements for what you have done and generating the conversation in economics. Hopefully hopefully well have a great conversation today. Will turn it over. Thank you. When Claire Morgan asked me if i would lead, conduct a conversation with deidre immediately jumped at the opportunity, not only is it an honor, but there are a few books that one reads in a scholarly life that is as fundamentally changed or deeply change the way that you look at the world. These books have done that f