Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to politics and prose. Finance jack bennett. Welcome. Before we begin, just a few notes. First we ask you to silence your cell phones. You dont want to be the person whose phone rings in the middle of the talk but we do want you to be heard in recording. Lastly after the talk please help us including the space by folding up your chairs and link them against the nearest wall. The signing will begin just afterward with a line stretching towards the front of the store books are available for purchase. Todays guest is professor Ganesh Sitaraman who teaches law at vanderbilt law school. Professor sitaraman worked as an advisor to Elizabeth Warren for the 21st century run and served as a genetic counselor in the senate. Additionally, he is a senior fellow at the center for american progress. Professor sitaraman is a to talk less news book, the public option how to expand freedom
Good morning. Good morning and welcome to nashville and the southern festival of the books. Behind the curtain, money, politics and imperiled republic. We are fortunate today to have two authors who are really addressing some issues we deal with today. Weed to live in many ways in imperiled times and dealing with the concentration of economic power and political power, so again we are fortunate to have two very renowned speakers today after the session is over we will have a signing session that will take place on the war memorial section between the capital and library. We will go there and also have questions and answers, a q a session after the presentation this morning to your right there is a set of microphones and if you would like to ask questions of the authors to your right there is a set of microphones. Each speaker will speak about 15 or so minutes dealing with their books and then we will open it up to questions. If you could, you may want to take a moment to silence your c
Julian malvo, steve forbes and nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. Of this is a topic that interests you go to our website at booktv. Org and in the search bar type economics book and you will find a large archive of authors and materials would all of these are available to watch online. Host welcome to nashville and the southern festival of books. He will hear from many offers throughout the weekend including National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott and nancy maclean, talk radio host eric erickson, basilica other liza monday and many others. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org or follow along on social media sites on facebook, twitter and instagram at booktv. We are kicking off todays coverage with biographer jonathan i on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspan2. [silence bracket good morning, everyone, thank you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce jon
Talk radio show host eric erickson. Liza randy and many others. For a complete schedule visit booktv. Org. We are Facebook Twitter and instagram. Were kicking off todays coverage on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspa cspan2. [inaudible] of money. Think you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our author. Another that i really admire and have been reading his work for years. Hes here to talk about his biography of mohammed ali. This is only his third stop so thats an honor for us. Before he speaks the book festival is free but if youd like to contribute to the cause you can do that at the headquarters for the book festival outsider online. Also remind you that after the remarks will be heading over to the signing tent seeking to have him cite your book over there. Is one of the typewriters of nonfiction a fantastic author in addition to writing for bestselling books jonatha
[inaudible conversations] i come in everybody. How are you all . I am really, of the event staff at politics prose. Thank you for being here tonight. If you are standing, there are a couple of more states over here. I recommend them. Or in the front. I recommend them, too. We are clearly filming tonight, so we will be very grateful if you could silence your cell phone. You dont want that on the recording and when we get to q a, is finite better audience microphone rightparen ask her questions into the microphone. Finally come at the end of the night before you go to the register over there, fold up your chair. With the event staff will be very grateful. The crisis of the middleclass constittion is Ganesh Sitaraman second book. History of the idea of income inequality and constitutional republic, spoiler, it doesnt assume the idea of Class Division and the argument we need to adapt their constitution that we see all of our country. Its so important in every american needs to read this b