The world rich. And tonight hes joined by david dobbs. And bringing the authors to the community and find our schedule harvard. Com events where you can sign up for our email newsletter and shop our shelves from home. This evening will conclude with time for your questions. If you have questions for our speakers, go to the q a box to submit at any time during the discussion. Well come to those the end of the talk and well work on answering as many of your questions as time allows and in a minute ill put up the link to purchase money for nothing, and it makes this virtual author series possible more than ever the future of a landmark independent bookstore. Thank you. We sincerely appreciate your continued support now and always and finally, and if we have any tech issues tonight during the event of the we will do our best to resolve them quickly. Thanks for your patience and understanding. And now, im pleased to introduce our speakers. Thomas levenson is a professor of science writing a
Thanks for joining us. My name is alex meriwether. Onbehalf of harbors bookstore im pleased to introduce tonight talk with Thomas Levenson presenting his new book money for nothing the scientists and corrupt politicians who reinvented money , panicked and nation and made the world rich. Professor levinson is joined by david dobbs. Through Virtual Events like tonights, Harvard Bookstore continues to bring authors and their work to our community and our new digital community. Find our Event Schedule at harvard. Com events where you can sign up for our newsletter and shopper shelves from home. This evening discussion will conclude for some time for your questions. If you have a question speakers go to the q and a box to submit a question at any time during the discussion. We will come to it at the end of the talk and work on answering as many of your questions as timeallows. And in just a moment ill post the harvard. Com link to purchase money for nothing in the chat box your purchases an
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