the information by george dyson on caring and shannon and claude shannon is a great figure from mit and bell labs who are have been falling for decades in my guys as a technology do. i studied telephone and internet and this required me to master information theory and i discovered that information theory is perfectly aligned to capitalist economics and gives a better way of explaining capitalism than the existing models -- capitalism is not a material system. it is an information system. just as the key measure of information under claude shannon's theory is news for unexpected bits or surprise. in capitalism the key factor is profit which is the surprising up side of entrepreneurial activity. these books by james black and george dyson are good preparations for my book, knowledge and power. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit booktv.org. >> crown publishing is a division of random house publishing and joining us is director of publicity campbell wharton. what do you have coming out. >> very exciting book this fall. rod stewart's memoir is highly an

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