joining us now is peter blair henry. "turnaround." he's also the dean of new york universities leonard stern school of business. who is leonard stern? >> leonard stern is a dirt. he's an investor in new york city. he started with a pet food company, grew into a large real estate empire and served in the past and is currently in the board of overseers and is a very generous benefactor of the school innate sine die with the very large gift to $25 million that allowed the business school, which is then provided to the graduate school of the other graduate programs a unified up one place of washington square. >> professor henry, does the stern school of business have a philosophy? >> we do. we captured one simple step. our mission is to develop people and ideas to transform the 21st century and opportunities for business and society. in other words, if you suppose of modern business to do well and good in the world. >> and your book, turnaround, third world lessons for first world growth, what if they question the u.s. can learn from the

joining us now is peter blair henry "turnaround" is the name of his book for also the dean of new york university with this glove business who was leonard stern? >> the benefactor of the school started with the company growing into of real-estate empire began to is a very generous benefactor to the school and then gave a very large gift of $25 million that provided the graduate school and the internet program. is that stern school of business have a philosophy? >> our mission is to transform the challenges of the 21st century. in use the tools of business it turnaround losses for first world growth? >> what can they learn? >> in to to learn from history from the struggle has we whole discipline and clarity and a trust. so what does discipline maned? >> so with fiscal austerity with fiscal policy with sequestration with the slower growth in the economy. the reason i ended that way in the first place that of the fiscal side when times are good and when times are bad. fiscal policy because copper prices are rising. em with the record surplus the people took to the street in march with the

host: did dean of new york university's stern school of business and the author of "turnaround" peter blair henry. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> host: as booktv continues we're now joined by the curator of data collection of english and american literature. how did you get to that position? >> guest: i worked in the rare book division and was later a curator and downtown at the cemetery and all that led to me being here as the curator of his years in september 2000. >> host: you brought things out to show us. >> the bird is an enormous collection with tens of douses of printed items this is well-liked to call the tip of the bird here we have the only surviving manuscript of the holy sonnets satires done in his own lifetime but done in the hand of the secretary and personal assistants and this has the highest from his own manuscripts to see changes or the differences between the text here and the transcriptions made in the first edition and to in this up -- the sonnet all those destroy our resurrected on the day of judgment in this transcribe his death but john donne from the metaphysical