Give her around of applause. [applause]. Nick nicoludis would also like to recognize jennifer who will join emily. If its like this help us stay here and lets say changing neighborhoods like dumbo. I encourage everyone to buy a book if you dont have one after an emily will be happy to sign them later. So tonight were going to hear a little reading from a book conversations some q a, then i guess some job reading. What you are excited for. Before i bring them up, the memory do something here. So emily, worked at Philadelphia City paper, Philadelphia Weekly and the Philadelphia Daily News and has contributed to Washington Post and others. Jessica is the author of nomad land and awardwinning journalist whose work focuses on subcultures in the dark corners with the economy. She has written for harpers magazine the New York Times the Washington Post and she also teaches at columbia schools for journalism. Give them a round of applause. I know theres a couple of people because they heard dan
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Welcome to the powerhouse arena. This is your first time here i would like to say that this is the arena portion of our evening which is to say we have a great event for you tonight. We regularly have awesome events but we are very excited for this one, the book launch of the happiness industry with will davies and simon critchley. Neither program is going to feature a talk and then a q a session followed by a book signing and i do want to say if you do have a question when the time comes, raise your hand. I will come to you and you can talk into the microphone. If you havent noticed we have a few cameras rolling right now. If you dont lead the glamorous life like i do and you are not used to the cameras. I want to briefly introduce our author. Will davies is a sociologist and local economists. His writing is. And reviews prospect of Financial Times political quarterly and the daily beast. Hes an associate editor at re
Liberal Democratic Party in japan. This is significant news because the economy minister is a key part of abenomics. Tom and people are looking in search of where it is going. This year we used a currency as a litmus paper, and i would say in this ugly january we are celebrating antiabenomics. But they need is the gift of a weaker yen. Francine but the problem is began as the haven. Lets get to the first word news with vonnie quinn. Vonnie thank you. North korea may be getting longrange missiles according to a japanese news agency. Earlier this month, kim jonguns regime conducted its Fourth Nuclear test. The news said that preparations are being made for a launch. North korea fired a longrange missile before each of its three nuclear tests. The government of sweden they reject almost half of the 163,000 refugees who seek asylum. Offering thetial government had to backtrack, and they are sending back thousands. Irans president house on rouhani is in paris, meeting with francois hollande
Now i am very pleased to introduce tonight speaker. Edward baptists associate professor of history at cornel university. Originally from durham north carolina, he is also the coeditor with the late stephanie camp of new studies in the history of american slavery and the louis hyman of american capitalism a reader ebook from simon schuster. The l. A. Times calls the half has never been told an ambitious new economic and social history of america and Peniel Joseph director of the center for the study of race and democracy at Tufts University writes that it is a true marvel. Groundbreaking thoroughly researched expansive and provocative able for scholars of slavery and its aftermath to reconsider longheld conceptions. We are pleased to bring to Harvard Bookstore tonight, please join me in welcoming edward baptist. [applause] im just going to turn this on as a stopwatch so i dont go on too long. I promise its silenced. Thank you all for being here to meet the economists favor favorite auth
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