i really hope that someone figures out a way to keep that sustainable so we will see more social media where but they see stories being shared by what their friends are talking about is. with a true politics & prose fashion the events are timely. while today s we present a view of history conspiracy s just three days ago this yea expanded such a place known as area 51 does actually exist. even though they disavowal of any knowledge of any aliens conspiracy theorist to not agree. [laughter] the best way to sum up is from page eight where he says the pundits tried to write off political paranoia and they are wrong. the fear of conspiracy has been a potent force across the political spectrum it in the establishment as well of 3308 of those pages layoffs often funny and did detail one present-day but old conspiracy that we talked about that i personally relate remember it made its rounds the folded $20 bill trick that made its way after 9/11. it is on page 300 tear. 302 if
book tv brings you portions of talks about the budget. we start with philip with joyce of the american association for budget analysis. in his book the congressional budget office he gives a history and says it s non-partisan communication to congress and the public has been crucial in the creation of the political agenda. has it been used as a political football in the past? the one thing you can say about organizations that produce information is that they cannot make anybody use that information. they can t even make anybody interpret that information accurately. so whoever it is that might be a support your opponent of a particular policy can clearly use a cost estimate for example to say that this is a bad policy or a good policy that happened for example in the clinton health care reform in 1993 and 1994 cbo came up with an estimate that said the clinton health care reform rather than saving money which the clinton administration said would cause money that was only
now from london book tv interviewed robert beck, the current state of the publishing industry. the art of evaluating others writing, and the worldwide importance of the english-language. this is about a half-hour. and you re watching book tv on c-span2. and we are in london talking with british authors and joining us now is author and historian whose most recent nonfiction book is jerusalem the biography. if i may start with a you have in the front of your book. this is it. jerusalem is an old nymphomaniac to squeezes lover after lover to death before shrugging him off with a yawn. a black widow who devours are made while they are still penetrating her. what does that mean? well, very wittily captures the fascination. such a magnetic draw to overrun the world but especially to me. jerusalem is a lens through which you can write a history of the middle east. history of the world almost. the exciting thing about it has just been conquered by but every single race civiliz
her experiences and the experiences of others with the american foster care system. that all happens tonight on c-span2 book tv. and now on book tv jesse walker talks about his new book, the the united states of paranoia , in which he discusses the popularity of political conspiracy theories and paranoia going back to the founding of the country. this is about 45 minutes. our author. today we present a book dealing with an american history of conspiracies, just three days ago the cra admitted that such a place known as area 51 those actually exist. even though they disavow all knowledge of any aliens, so-called conspiracy theorists rejoice. [inaudible conversations] the best way the some of mr. walker s book is from page a worries says, pond and stand to write off political paranoia has the future of the french, they are wrong. the fear of conspiracies has been a potent force across the political spectrum from the colonial era to the presence. in the establishment a
the stock s eight 7% the ceo was fired a few days later and she became instantly renowned around the rubbishy has been around a lot longer. in 2005 you put out a report about the housing market we were headed for subscribe to the we just loaded up on so much debt that we were headed to unprecedented credit losses in 2005 well before anyone said the word bubble with the housing market after college 2007 she went on to make other calls about ups and lehman brothers said bank of america. i don t think hsbc. [laughter] but that landed near death on our cover of fortune magazine in 2008. things have not been the same for her since i would say but after that to turn the focus on another area of the economy of the trouble zone of stay in municipal finances working on a report in 2010 called tragedy of the comments how this was the next big danger area in that those that had over leveraged and have gone down the same path as the banks. she turn this report into a book called fat