and on november 30th, mike monger of duke university will give a talk if poverty is the real problem then capitalism is the only solution. i would also like to bring to your an event that's not part of the series on november 16th, gregory may will be here to talk about his new book, jefferson's treasure how albert galten saved the new nation from kent. galten i think is a seriously underestimated figure the -- reduced the national debt by half. reform -- he was sort of a one-man omb and funded both the louisiana perch in 1812. he was jefferson's and madison's secretary of treasury and their answer to alexeneder hamilton and it's his statue that stands at the front of the treasury building. it is my pleasure to introduce our speaker today, dr. deidre mccloskey she is a defender of free economy in the united states today. since the year 2000 dr. mcclockky has been a distinguished professor of economics and communication at the university of illinois and chicago. trained as harvard, as an economist she's written 16 books and added in seven more and published 360 articles on the economic