>> soon, the warden had a name, john maynard, 27 years old sentenced to life for a carjacking gone wrong. >> at the time that he committed his crime he was only 17. >> reporter lauren fox wrote about maynard for the kansas city newspaper. >> the carjacking turned fatal someone shot the driver who was in his car and so john maynard was a convicted murderer for his involvement in that crime. >> if he's capable of participating in a robbery that turns into murder he is very capable of murdering again, through assault and battery he is a very dangerous person. >> is your first thought, he could kill somebody out there? >> oh, yes, very possible. >> he put police in the area on high alert and warned the locals in the tiny prison town along the kansas border that a criminal was on the loose. >> i had a huge esteem whistle and would blow that several times and so all the local communities know when you hear that, somebody is on the run. it's just an overt be aware -- lock your doors, take all the precautions. >> as police increased patrols in the surrounding towns, tourism investigators got to

[applause] he was then a clerk for judge john maynard wisdom. he served as deputy, then the alabama attorney general for years. you might not know he served on the u.s. sentencing commission. he has been in private practice and taught at various law schools. i would say as it touches the law, he has been there. please welcome me in joining -- please join me in welcoming chief judge breyer. [applause] >> good morning. thank you for the kind introduction. it is a pleasure to be here with you and with this great society. as always, i am looking forward to the addresses, debates and discussions for this convention. this year, we celebrate an important anniversary. 40 years ago, stephen calabrese, a law student at yale university , planned with his friends lee lieberman and david mcintosh, who are law students at the university of chicago, three-day symposium in new haven on an academic topic. federalism legal and political ramifications. among the speakers were robert bork, antonin scalia and ted olson. president reagan appointed bork and scalia to

he's got a real challenge as a whole ryan did as john maynard. it. and that is that the republican caucuses very much in disarray. and we'll see if he's able to unify them. >> we also want to talk a little bit about attorney general merrick garland has announced the special counsel today to oversee the justice department's investigation into not only the classified documents at mar-a-lago, but also the insurrection. both of these investigations focusing on former president donald trump. i'm wondering if you think this is the right move for the justice department to be taking. >> i have confidence in attorney general merrick garland the to follow the law to do everything by the book until i trust his judgment. i don't think it's appropriate for members of congress to be opining on this. this is a justice department manner matter and merrick garland is a consummate professional was following the law, not letting politics interfere. >> did you follow it all? the outcome of the elizabeth holmes trial today? she just was sentenced to more than 11 years in

hg wells john maynard keynes and marie stokes in the united states eugenics movement included for a time margaret sanger. w e b dubois and at least one president theodore roosevelt. again today we just missed these ideas not only is racist but as absurd. but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in many circles, they were taken as a given. it's important to remember that race was used somewhat differently during that period then it's used today and this included differentiating what europeans one from another the germans called themselves a teutonic race the irish a gaelic race the russians a slavic race the english and some americans saw themselves as the anglo-saxon race. throughout his life churchill used the word race. for instance. he called the british people and island race. his critics often. it's like one outburst in particular to prove that he was a racist when he said i hate all indians. they are a beastly people with a beastly religion. what these same critics fail to note is that this outburst occurred in 1942 after churchill was told that india's congress party had anno

and i'll end with the famous quote from to john maynard keynes, who said, when facts change, i changed my mind, what do you do? and so communicating some of that communicating some of that, and also the urgency that we feel in medicine, i think it makes for good medical communication. thank you very much. thank you. for be going. yes, thank. the author. if you go back for it's going to be thein-depth on the book tv homepage. book tv is featured politicians who are also authors who won elections in this year's midterms democrat wes moore became maryland's first black governor. he's appeared on book tv several times to talk his books. it isn't just about can we make sure that police officers have body cameras? yes, you know it's not just about, you know, how how do we how do we you know add on clause is to things like the law enforcement order law enforcement officers bill of rights or qualified immunity. it's not stopping there. the demands that we are seeing right now are actually dealing with structural and how can we deal with all of various issues in a way with a very real sense of

that, i'm going to very unambitiously in my remaining time try talk about a chapter fragment that john maynard keynes wrote that i think is a good reek to get at one real problem with this scientific, technocratic conception of economic theory. in this chapter fragment, an early piece of what became the yen theory, he explicated certain aspects of, quote the classical theory from ricardo to marshall, unquote. more than just the economy wide traditions, his argument goes to the basic suppositions of the classical and neoclassical theory of marxists. it goes to question whether, as the classical theory which i'm going to use to refer to classical and neoclassical economics, goes to the question of whether as the classical theory generally claims we can -- whether we can expect that marxists in the ordinary course will produce, and i quote him, the volume of output which will yield the maximum value of product in excess of real cost. this is -- i emphasize this. this is the central conceit of the claim to scientific tech knock rahcy. the central conceit of the claim to this monopoly on the theore

time, leisure time, more free time, you and mainstream you know, and mainstream economists like john maynardorking up to 15 hours a week. and just happened. and that just hasn't happened. and that just hasn't happened. and is about, you know, and so this is about, you know, british being fun to british workers being fun to stress, not having enough time for family, for friends, the other of life and saying, other parts of life and saying, you know, things to change you know, things need to change just we've been wedded you know, things need to change justhis we've been wedded you know, things need to change justhis modelve've been wedded you know, things need to change justhis model ofve been wedded you know, things need to change justhis model of worken wedded you know, things need to change justhis model of work fornedded you know, things need to change justhis model of work for 1001ed to this model of work for 100 years, long time. it years, a very long time. it doesn't it's right way doesn't mean it's the right way of you know, the world of working. you know, the world of working. you kn

and i'll end with the famous quote from to john maynard keynes, who said, when facts change, i changedmy mind, what do you do? and so communicating some of that communicating some of that, and also the urgency that we feel in medicine, i think it makes for good medical communication. thank you very much. thank you. for be going. yes, thank. the author. if you go back for it's going to be the topic. and that wraps up book tv's coverage of this year's miami book fai if you'd like to rewatch of the authors we featured all of book tv's programs available online at book tv dot org. weekends on c-span two are an intellectual. every saturday, american history tv documents america's. and on sundays booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span comes from these television companies and more, including wow, the world has changed today. a fast, reliable internet is something no one can live without. so wow is for our customers with speed reliable, ability, value and choice. now more than ever, it all starts with great internet. wow. wow. along with these televis