public library for 50 minutes. it is terrific to be back in chicago. it always is, especially on an actual nice day. i was here last week was 45 degrees. i have to tell you this makes me tremendously must all shook for the days when moodie came to my talks to read and i always like to tell this story about my very first book event, which took place when i was living in baltimore. it was just after it published a book called the naked consumer. [laughter] exactly. it s a book that nobody got. nobody read. well, one read it and reviewed the book and he did it because he was a target of the book. the book was about, by the way, about how corporations spy on individual consumers, very apt today perhaps, so why did get a call when i was living in baltimore to what to lamb tester pennsylvania to the talk, not to talk to a signing. i since learned that sunday afternoon talks are deaf and especially when you do a talk in
engage customers. that s fantastic and wonderful to meet david and to see in person this incredible institution that everyone loves so much in washington. now, josh and i have been a little bit on the book tour. the book came out may 24th, and among the questions that we always get or often get from interviewers, buyers of the book, e-mail in mying the at the time my e-mail account at the times, what surprised you the most about the investigation you both did to come out with the book? we all know there s a lot of books about the financial crisis, many recounting the events during the crisis and the heat of the panic of 2008. some of them go back a little bit further in time to describe some of the ground work that was laid to create the crisis, but josh and i decided to go back much further into the early 1990s to really tell the tale because a debacle this large really didn t happen overnight, and unlike some of the book s conclusions, other books conclusions that it was
parents who admit that operation on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if the child died under it. my example showing the regret may be the same either way and that therefore a safer should be chosen. so wrote benjamin franklin in his autobiography about his struggles, sadness and regret regarding the decision not to inactivate his young son against smallpox. the induced infection for inoculation far more dangerous than the vaccine was supplanted in the late 18th century offered lifelong immunity from the dreaded pox. yet franklin and others during the 18th and 19th centuries were beginning to struggle with the very issues about vaccination that we still face today and the issues that are brought to light in our distinguished speakers but. today it seems to emanate from concerns about the de baca believes that vaccines, vaccines for the overall birth of vaccines are responsible for dramatically increased rates of autism. while we can partially understan
not your partners until the violence stops on the streets. brown: paul solman talks to the authors of a provocative new book on how fannie mae s push- for-profits helped pump up the housing bubble. if you are trying to enrich yourself, increase your profits, which fannie mae was absolutely determined to do then that becomes a per version of home ownership. lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week s news. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. it s all about investing in the future. we can find new energy more cleaner, safer and smarter. collaborating with the best in the field. chevron works with the smartest people at leading universities and tech companies. and yet, it s really basic. it s paying off everyday. the william and flora hewlett foundation, wo
brown: paul solman talks to the authors of a provocative new book on how fannie mae s push- for-profits helped pump up the housing bubble. if you are trying to enrich yourself, increase your profits, which fannie mae was absolutely determined to do then that becomes a per version of home ownership. lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week s news. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. it s all about investing in the future. we can find new energy more cleaner, safer and smarter. collaborating with the best in the field. chevron works with the smartest people at leading universities and tech companies. and yet, it s really basic. it s paying off everyday. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home an