Cspan2 booktv. Good evening everyone. If youll all take your seats well put this show on the road. This cofounder of the institute for madam speaker,s future and currently Senior Advisor to peoples action which is a National Organization with grassroots and affiliates in 20 states and my pleasure to be here tonight to introduce to you many of you whom know him our speaker for this evening. First let me pay tribute to andy shalal and busboys and poets for this [applause] andy is is a friend, an activist remarkable entrepreneur who built these centers of gooded to and drink and discuss and we get to enjoy it here tonight. Garo if you dont know him is a natural treasure. He is a path breaking historian a political economist, a strategist. An author and an organizer. Hes worked in houses of congress. Hes created centers of policemen economy, hes written path breaking books in history and in economics. He has an extraordinary resource. Most recently hes cofounder of the democracy collaborat
Of you who know him, Gar Alperovitz can, our speaker for this evening. First, let me pay tribute to andy and busboys and poets for this [applause] andy is a friend, an activist and remarkable entrepreneur. Hes built these vibrant centers of good food and good drink anded good discussion, and we get to enjoy it here tonight. Gar alperovitz, if you dont know him, is a national treasure. He is a pathbreaking historian, a political economist, a strategist, an author and an organizer. Hes worked in both houses of congress. Hes created centers of political economy. Hes written pathbreaking books in the history and in economics. He is an extraordinary resource. Most recently, mideast the can founder of the most recently, hes the can founder of the democracy collaborative and the cochair of the next system project which is seeking real world paths to creating a world that could be more just, more democratic and sustainable. Tonight hes going to talk about his new book, the principles of a plur
But i know what youre talking about. I was standing in the back and someone whispered in my ear, they said i always liked him because he was smart and funny. Now i also know that he is a beautiful human being. So i want to thank you very, very much, for this remarkable event. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you. [applause] i also want to thank bob weisberg for a remarkable conversation as well. Thank you, bob. [applause] this is booktv on cspan two, television for ear juice readers serious readers. We have astrophysicist kneel degrass tyson lead as discussion on the universe. Mit professor Heather Hendershot, remembers william f. Buckleys firing line. We wrap up the lineup at 11 45, with author courtney martin, she talks about her latest book, the new better off. Reinventing the american dream. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Welcome to the Hoover Institutions washington, d. C. Office. My name is mike franc. Im the director here. It is my real pleasure today to be a
But i know what youre talking about. I was standing in the back and someone whispered in my ear, they said i always liked him because he was smart and funny. Now i also know that he is a beautiful human being. So i want to thank you very, very much, for this remarkable event. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you. [applause] i also want to thank bob weisberg for a remarkable conversation as well. Thank you, bob. [applause] this is booktv on cspan two, television for ear juice readers serious readers. We have astrophysicist kneel degrass tyson lead as discussion on the universe. Mit professor Heather Hendershot, remembers william f. Buckleys firing line. We wrap up the lineup at 11 45, with author courtney martin, she talks about her latest book, the new better off. Reinventing the american dream. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Welcome to the Hoover Institutions washington, d. C. Office. My name is mike franc. Im the director here. It is my real pleasure today to be a
Of our Advisory Committee members. I just would like to say thank you to her excellent Advisory Committee. One of the great ideas that came out of our Advisory Committee meetings this year was to try Live Audience polling, get into the new millennium son going to test that out now. If you look up the screen behind me, we have our first Live Audience polling question, the least important question that you answer at this years conference. But i think it would be, it will be interesting to see how we feel about it. So there are two ways that you can participate in this Live Audience polling. You can get on your phones, browser, your laptop come your tablet browser and put in pollev. Com food policy or text food policy to the number 22333 and so right out food policy in the message of the text, and as you see somebody coming must be a millennial already got on, answered. Were going to try this out, see if we get any yeses and let you experiment with that. While you experiment with that, i