in 2014 mister forbes appeared on books he be discussing his book money. the topic of money is straightforward and simple. even though it is shrouded with a lot of jargon and equations, the idea of money is very basic. we have gotten away from it and our policymakers today no less about money, monetary policy than they did numb 100 years ago. sincerely 1970s even though we had booming decades in the 80s and 90s overall our growth rates after we went off of the gold standard in 1971 the us average growth rates were less than they were before 1971. .. policymakers >> good evening, everyone. good evening. i would like to start by thanking everyone for being here at our first event here at the collaboration of politics and prose as we embark on our first series of many readings. i would like to remind you to turn off your cellphone or noise-making devices. feel free to order food or drinks. there is a question and answer question after the reading. if you have a question i will come give you a microphone. and after the question and answer we will have a signin