it has something better, nomi prins. read this book to understand the central conspiracy against the world economy. please, ladies and gentlemen give a warm welcome to nomi prins. [applause] thank you. one of the great things about writing books is that you actually get to come into all of these places around the country and around the world and the people that read them or will read them and be in these amazing independent bookstores where a lot of stuff happens and they are super important. i will probably and if end if they don't ask questions about it talk about how all this of this stuff impacts everybody at a local level and therefore i always believe what important to be supportive of local and independent bookstores and i thank you for being here tonight. you are all great and with great on camera. so, what i want to do is kind of take you on my journey to this book and while i was writing this book and from their talk about what's happening in the world today as a result of a lot of things the book talks about a

with former wall street executive, nomi prins. that happens tonight on booktv on c-span2. television for serious readers. a reminder this weekend the full schedule is available on our website. booktv.org. booktv recently visited capital health asked members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> a summary reading the book about president lyndon johnson. it is the fourth in a series of books he wrote about president johnson. this one is called the passage of power. it is about the years when he was vice president for kennedy and the transition when president kennedy was assassinated and vice president johnson became president johnson. >> this is one of a series of books. the first one is how he became johnson as a young man, going to college, a teacher and then the first time he ran for congress. called path to power. and it is one of the best books i've ever read about how to campaign. in fact they used to make all of my young staffers read it. as a first-time candidate, johnson would literally do anything and everything to talk to as many voters one on one almo

nomi prins will be signing books over here. we have books for sale too. appreciate it.e conversations] >> today at 10:30 eastern, book tvs live at the mississippi book festival for their fourth annual literary lawn party at the state capital in jackson with discussions on race and identity, southern history, us politics and presidential leadership. authors include cheryl cashincome other of loving, interracial intimacy in america and the threat to white supremacy. join us live beginning at 10:30 eastern for the mississippi book festival on booktv on c-span20. >> hello, everyone. i am jennifer grossman, ceo of the atlas society, a philosophy think tank which has been building on the ideas of i and rand in creative ways. i'm not sure why i was selected to moderate this panel. it is not -- >> voracious female influence. >> in the 1992 playboy september issue of playmates ivy league, because i was not.