makes all the time that by montagne a euro as the of the currency of. germany gains an additional competitive advantage for its export sector do you see any merit in that kind of argumentation. each one of the things that i do think germans feel they think they react to her because they can compare them serves with switzerland switzerland is in many ways very like the german economy it's it's dynamic it's. has a high technology component it depends on export markets and one of the consequences of the. last years and the problems in the euro zone has been the really quite dramatic appreciation of the swiss franc and that's given a shark to swiss exports and sort of germans look at that and they sometimes say well if we didn't have the euro we would have the old mark back again but it would be appreciating. such an extent that it would say it would. provide an obstacle to german exporters in that sense the argument that being in the currency union has kept the value of the currency down and has made it easier for german exports as is is is correct. that's

montagne, i'm mostly done with it but have 75-80 pays to go but i'm taking a few days off from him. might sneak a little early to the prague cemetery because that's a little bit more interesting in some ways. >> you have also gotture own book coming occupy. >> i've written a couple of books and two poock that were published. i'm working on another book right now, writing another book, but i have a book called the doctrine of liberty. a theological look at the doctrine of liberty is in and of itself -- there is a doctrine of liberty within my faith the church of jesus christ of latter day saintses and i think there is, and the second one -- probably here more about this because jim demeant started working with a group to try to get an article 5 convention to rewrite aspect 0 the united states constitution, which i'm adamantly opposed testimony used to fight that all the time and debate that. i'm tired of debating. i'll just wrote a book, and i did, and it's called the con of the con-con. that's the book, yeah. >> booktv wants to know what you're reading. send us your summer reading h