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And joining now on book tv is, steve moore. His most recent book is gov zilla how the relentless growth of government is devouring our economy and our freedom. Mr. Moore, has government ever not . Hi peter, good to be with you. Love cspan. Thanks for having. The book really through the whole history from the of our country and theres a lot graphs and charts in this that show we have had kind of a relentless growth of government but there have been periods. Its a good question, actually. Have there been periods government has retrenched . And the answer is. Yes. So, for example for the first 50...

Many respects. That has never been more true than today. Texas has always sort of lead the way for america in so many respects. We had three president s from here in the last 60 years. Lbj, president george w. Bush and president george w. Bush, so texas is an outsized presence in American Life, and texans wouldnt have it any other way. You have worked with one of those president s as well. Well, have you worked with all three in some capacity . Lets start with lbj who is right here in boston austin. Mark i with the director of the president ial library from 2009 to 2017 and now, the presidency...

Books, including the making modern economics. As always, we appreciate grace, jfk in the presidency. Mark updegrove. Were sitting here in the shadow of the Texas State Capitol in austin. Texas has played a rather outsize Role International political world, hasnt it . Absolutely. For texas goes, america goes in many respects. That has never been more true than today. Texas has always sort of lead the way for america in so many respects. We had three president s from here in the last 60 years. Lbj, president george w. Bush and president george w. Bush, so texas is an outsized presence in America...

Jason you have a condom on unusual perspective many times. So wondering if you can sort of begin to give the viewers here sort of a field for what in your past brought you to be because one of the wellknown conservative commentator as wall street journal sort of what you influencers were getting there. Well, i i joined the College Newspaper back in the early 1990s when i was in school and that sort of where i got the political the political bug. I i discovered writers thinkers intellectuals like thomas sole and Shelby Steele and glenn lowry and they had a huge impact on my my intellectual deve...

Freedom and the author of, 25 books, including the making modern economics. As always, we appreciate announcer and now, we are live with president of the storage and lbj Foundation President Mark Updegrove who over the next few hours will take your calls and questions the email, text, and social media. His books include indomitable will, lbj and the presidency, the last republicans, and most recently, incomparable grace, jfk in the presidency. Mark updegrove. Were sitting here in the shadow of the Texas State Capitol in austin. Texas has played a rather outsize Role International political wor...