by the records and by my impression, understanding of her was a more gentle and vulnerable person who joined into victoria price s story, but it was much more ambivalent about it. it was, in fact, ruby bates we can t think of the charges act of 1933 decatur trial which led to judge horton basically saying that we mustn t bring this circus to an end. where the prostitutes? they were prostitutes is a loaded term, particularly in the context of the socioeconomic circumstances that they live in and the socioeconomic circumstances that they inhabited. they were known in their communities for exchanging sexual favors. sometimes for money, sometimes for pleasure. but they were also factory workers. and as factory workers they re also looking for work. one of the note about ruby bates. after ruby bates recanted, she was immediately embraced by the ild and the communist party and went on to her. speaking tour on behalf of gaining freedom for the scottsboro boys. the importanc
host: thank you for joining me to talk about your book that have so eighth days and fascinates me over the last couple of hundred of years. why did you decide to write the book now? i didn t decide now but about 10 years ago. now is a great time because when things are going really well people outside the economics profession 10 not to be interested in economics. and people like that used to be like somebody who read novels and not know what was happening in the world. this is a good moment. and because of the financial crisis and the recession in the united states. it is also an important time to take a long-term perspective. and also writing about a first of all, i don t have a ph.d. in economics. but i felt that i learned about it in a very different way because economics is so history brown in so driven. so the way they set out to become day ballet dancer or pianist. they may want to be a physicist or mathematician part of and something makes the action go to the eco