Thank you for joining us at live. From nypl. My name is tony marks, and im the president of the new york public library. Tonight we are so delighted to host this important conversation. On the life work impact of worldrenowned investor philanthropists and founder of the open Society George Soros mr. Soros is i believe the longest most consistent. And in many ways the most impactful advocate of open society values. In our times and therefore he is also the most consistently attacked falsified. And just plain misunderstood person if our times that means we need some explication. For the library, all of this is not about party politics. Its about a debate. About and four the values. Of open society mr. Soros is the subject of the book that brings us together tonight george soros a life in full a collection of essays edited by our friend peter ostinas the book is really an astonishing array of essays. And for those of you familiar with mr. Soross work and work about him. I think you will f
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