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Our live coverage begins at 7 am eastern on the state courthouse to congress and the white house, watch it all live on cspan, on the go cspan. Org or listen using the free cspan radio app. Hello everyone, good afternoon. Welcome to p and p live at lunch. I am heidi lewis, the director of Corporate Events and sales for politics and prose bookstore in washington dc as part of our ongoing effort to engage our community from afar we are now offering Virtual Events like this one in addition to our regular lineup. Thank you so much for being here today. Our distinguished guest this afternoon is needs no introduction. He is one of the bestknown living economists and most influential Global Voices in the fight against inequality. Thomas piketty is here to discuss his eyeopening and audacious new book, capital and ideology. Is joined by stephanie kelton, former chief economist of the Us Senate Budget committee and professor of economics and Public Policy at stonybrook university. Pretty the dea
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He is one of the best known living economists with the fight against inequality. Thomas piketty is here to discuss his eyeopening and audacious new book, capital and ideology. He is joined by stephanie former chief economics and professor of economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University this is available june 9 for preorder. Just a few housekeeping things before we get started, what to hear from you. Just as you would in an in person event, thomas will answer your questions after the talk. How does that work . Look at the bottom of your screen youll see a book that says active question. Please use this space to ask your question about capital and ideology. You will be joined on screen will be reading from your questions and asking some of her own. And a reminder, unlike our in person events, the author hosts and audience there was cannot see you through the screen. So now please join me in welcoming thomas piketty. So hello, hello to all. That means you say i would much prefer