Bad so it is hard to do that. I did try to correlate i think it was a gdp with the degree of smoking it was is essentially zero. The repeople smoke to the richer the country but it was not a causation. Probably rich countries have more pressure on smokers than not. [inaudible] it is not accessible on line but it is a paltry 20. But we had to figure out in there not known for the marketing drive. It says 15 pounds in the zero fat tax. [laughter] a fat tax. Any other questions . The book unlucky strike is available all cited he will be happy to sign them we are even selling this at 15 and. [laughter] so thank you we will see you at the next meeting. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] connect to the condition by cornyn geography to respond to nature and art if there was of a speech i. Org if there is a western character or personality i am a variant of it. If there is a western culture in a small sea i have not escaped its. I may even have contributed to win it in minor ways
Common sense solutions for a stronger america. No cursing, chewing gum or walking out. And im happy to sign my book at the end, in case i ever amount to anything, you can sell it on ebay for twice the price. Testing, testing. Good. We ask that you use the microphone located to your right at the front of the auditorium. If you want to watch this program again, our coverage will air at 11 00 central time on saturday and sunday, tonight and tomorrow. Keep the spirit of what fest going all year with a subscription to the journal, the premium book session. We are introducing a new digital bookstore through our could be in books apps. Take one of the promo cards you were handed out and provide information about the apps and access to special book deals. Bothell we begin todays program silence your cellphones and turn your cameras flash but feel free to take photos and posted twitter, instagram and facebook with the hash tag printers row. With that being said please welcome cal thomas 11, the
Please keep the spirit of lit fest going all year long with a subscription. This year we are also introducing a new digital bookstore. Please take one of our promo cards for information about the app and axis the special book deals. Before they can todays program please file ensure cell phones. You return your camera flash off. We will allow you to take pictures. You can post those pictures online using hashtag printers row. Gives me great pleasure to introduce to you guys are moderate todays conversation, eric banks. Mr. Banks. Thank you. Thank you very much. Welcome everybody. Its good to see you here this morning and its my pleasure to welcome today Monique Brinson demery, the author of the amazing book, finding the dragon lady the mystery of vietnams madame nhu, which has recently been published by Public Affairs books. She holds a masters degree from harvard university, and when she made contact with madame nhu who was the unofficial first lady of the south east government in 2005
Graphic edition in 2014. Host amity shlaes, who is the forgotten man . Guest president roosevelt spoke of the forgotten man as the man at the bottom of the pyramid so that would be the homeless man. But they were aware of another forgotten man in school and that was the man who pays for the government projects. The third party. There is even algebra about the other forgotten man saying a wants to help x but b wants to help x, too, but the problem is when they coherce c into it. It is the taxpayer. That is the question also today. Host in your book, the forgotten man a new history of the Great Depression, you write the big question about the american depression is not whether war with germany and japan ended it. It is why it lasted from 19291940 from hoover to roosevelt Government Intervention helped to make the depression great. Guest thank you for quotes that introduction. This is a book i wrote about the 1930s because we all learned something about it in school and that was the new d
Think about too. We need to have sell the indians plows and Farm Equipment when the indians are hunters and gatherers they would prefer blankets or rifles or something even pots and pans but he is determined to some Farm Equipment and need to branch out and cultivate their case so he buys several grosses of even chinese mandarin dress and he is surprise the indians dont want to buy the chinese mandarin dress and all this paraphernalia he is putting in his fur trading operation. Pretty soon the british have come in, preferring to trade with the british and private investor john jacob astor, the First American to be worth 10 million, doesnt like the fur trade producing competitively, comes into the market and in effect removes the british somewhat out by his competitive practices, as People Living with the indians, trading with some on the spot. In 1822 congress abolishes the government operation that was funding the fur trade and that subsidy is defunct but you dont read about it in the