back in the ninth with all the stuff from michael lind about growing hegemony of the symbolic analyst, knowledge workers and another going to run the world. here's the problem. when you're a knowledge worker, you're in competition with every other smart person on the planet, thanks to the internet. when you're a toilet fix it, the only -- your only competition for people with about 15 to 30 minute drive. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> booktv spoke with scholars at the hoover institution, a public policy think tank at stanford university to find out what they are reading. >> john taylor is reading why growth matters, how economic growth in india produces poverty and lessons for other developing countries. the presentation from the council on foreign relations can be viewed on booktv.org anytime. if there is another institution whose reading list you would like to here, send us an e-mail at td.org. >> up next on booktv, "after words" what guest host jonathan last and author of what to expect when no one is expecting. this week paul taylor in his latest

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