story? i can start. so, i was in 08 and 09 i d been ol wall street for seven years, and the crash was happening, and there was obviously a crazy time on wall street, legal man brothers was again do you and bear stearns, and the whole world was shaking. our hedge fund was in a deposit position and weren t losing money but it was a scary time for everybody and everybody around me was terrified. i had sort of been going through the process and was starting to question a lot another what i was doing and where i was stan neglect world and the crash exacerbated that ump remember being in a meeting with my billionaire boss, who was one of the smartest guys i d ever met and it was we were in several other traders were in room and we were talking about the hedge fund regulations being proposed by congress, and everybody in the room thought they were a terrible idea, but i was starting to think they made sense, and so i said so, and i said, wouldn t this be better for the syst
becoming president. [inaudible conversations] the final program from the pit printers litfest in chicago is author lisa nap my. the author of ray and joanment. the man who made the mcdonald s for and the woman who gave it away . this is live coverage on c-span2. hello, everybody, and welcome to the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers row lit fest. want to thank our sponsors. today s program is being broadcast live on c-span 2 s booktv. we re going to have time end to have a q & a session so when the time comes, please like up at the microphone to your right so that our home viewing audience can hear the questions. with that, i m going to hand it over to your interviewer, amy carr, associate mapping are editor for the chicago tribune. [applause] welcome to lit fest. i m here pleased to be here with lisa napoli. former journalist, current journalize. always a journalist. the author of ray and joan: he man who made the mcdonald s fortune and the woman who gave
hope you re here next year, too. i hope so, too. thank you. hi. very first picture of lincoln. how different they look. 1846 to 49. this is 1857. did he degree a beard saginaw kept the razors away from him? the transitioned to becoming president. [inaudible conversations] the final program from the pit printers litfest in chicago is author lisa nap my. the author of ray and joanment. the man who made the mcdonald s for and the woman who gave it away . this is live coverage on c-span2. hello, everybody, and welcome to the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers row lit fest. want to thank our sponsors. today s program is being broadcast live on c-span 2 s booktv. we re going to have time end to have a q & a session so when the time comes, please like up at the microphone to your right so that our home viewing audience can hear the questions. with that, i m going to hand it over to your interviewer, amy carr, associate mapping are editor for the chica
have time at the end for a q&a session please line up at the microphone to the right so with that i will handed over to the interviewer the managing editor for the chicago tribune . welcome to ruth printer s row lit fest. i am pleased to be sitting here with lisa napoli with a fellow journalist who is the offer of ray and joan the man who made the mcdonald s fortune and the woman who you gave the ball away. we were working on a cover line for a magazine people don t put appreciate how long it can go. reading the new york post that this was different and i got lucky. it is a book about the man who made mcdonald s what it is and then the head spinning philanthropy of his wife joan kroc so liz taylor who was the chicago tribune editor-at-large in said a business editor should do the interview and then said it is more like a love story . i think it is a little more complex than that. is. it is a love story and a hate story and about mid 20th century americana and tha
broadcast live on c-span 2 s we re going to have time end to have a q & a session so when the time comes, please like up at the microphone to your right so that our home viewing audience can hear the questions. with that, i m going to hand it with that, i m going to hand it over to your interviewer, amy carr, associate mapping are editor for the chicago tribune. [applause] welcome to lit fest. i m here pleased to be here with lisa napoli. former journalist, current journalize. he man who made the mcdonald s fortune and the woman who gave it all wow. i love this title. thick people don t often appreciate lounge it goes into getting a perfect title. i think this is a great headline. i grew up in new york which is the master of headlines but i got lucky. it is a book about that man who meat mcdonald s to what we know today and amazing, head-spinning philanthropy of his third wife, joan kroc. when we were putting together the program, liz taylor, who is the chicago tr