Member of the Macarthur Foundation research network. She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including the quest for plenty. She is a fellow guggenheim fellow who has won multiple awards for her research. She joined by a professor of law at the university of california hastings. Her work has been cited by the California Supreme Court and her writing has published in the guardian, shes currently working on a book. They are discussing after the gig based on meticulous research. And i believe you with a quote. And their intensive research. The sharing economy feels like what it participants and their ability, the rest of us make complete sense of the data. They provide a workable plan for how to fulfill the promise of gig work as part of the useful, fair economy. This book will redefine the deal and on that note. I will now go to our speaker, juliet schor. Im deeply honored to be in this conversation, you are just heard for the introduction but it was not a
Michael. Hi there. I am thrilled to join these three amazing authors today. You see them on the screen. Latest book our man, richard and the end of the American Century and susan lasser and peter baker who spoke just out this fall, the man who ran washington, the times of james and baker the third period two brilliant books about to complicate and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart, baker in houston in 1930, holbrook in manhattan in 1941. Baker, republican trained as a lawyer. Holder of Foreign Service officer, democrat. Student of Foreign Policy, there lives to very good trajectories but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and even before he came to washington. Part of the family of aristocracy, he would expect to do great things. Very dominating father who departed on him the legacy of the family, youre meant to do big things. The one thing they were not meant to do was politics. Its
Figures the strand is a false fiber that run by thirdgeneration owner. We want to thank all of you for your support. Without a multimedia booklovers and offers like carl and steve we wouldnt be here today and we are so appreciative. So tonight were said to have with us carl hoffman in stephen for a double book launch. Carl is a former contribute editor at the National Geographic traveler and his travels on assignments to 80 countries turkeys off of five books, savage harvest was in the times editors choice, New York Times bestseller, the Washington Post notable book of the year and has been translated into nine languages. The last wild man was a finalist for the competition. The lunatic express was named one of the ten best books of the year by the wall street journal. I marks launch of his latest book liars circus a strange and terrifying journey into the upsidedown world of trumps maga rallies. Steve benen is a producer on the Rachel Maddow show and author of the maddow blog. His art
Alliance for democracy and a senior fellow at the in your moderate for today. With that to introduce our special guest both have had the pleasure of working with. David is the author of race, america russian 100 years of covid interference. Foreignpolicy reporting going the new york times, the new yorker in foreign affairs. Steven is pursuing a doctorate in natural relations at the oxford up as a marshall scholar. He is an associate fellow at Yale University where he received his undergraduate and masters degree i got to know david his interning on Hillary Clintons president ial campaign. John brennan is a distinguished fellow he is a former scholar the university of texas in austin. His director of the Central Intelligence agency where he spent many hours in the situation room and previously served as assistant to the president , Homeland Security and counterterrorism. Specialists in middle Eastern Affairs and counterterrorism, john has received cell several awards for his contributio
Purchase sonias book, the next great migration and thats a way to support our author and pollic and prose. Now with that another of the way, it is my delight to welcome sonia shah, science journalist and prize winning author, he writing on science, politics and human rights appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal and Foreign Affairs among many others. Also been featured on radio ad, and ted. Com with he talk, three reasons why we still havent gotten rid of malaria and the off ore sever books including the fever and pandemic. Tonight she will be talk about will you new book, the next gravity migration, an overview of the migration and the often necktive responses. Many figures complaint the migration is destructive. She argues migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change. The back makes the case for future in which migration is nat source of fear but of hope. So, without any further adieu he is sonia. Hi, everyone. Thank you for joining us toni