well, glenn hubbard who was our featured speaker today and his co-author, peter navarro have the policy sets for america and they detail them in a brand-new book that some of you have seen entitled seeds of destruction why the of economic destruction leads to through and leads to public prosperity. glenn hubbard is not a strange savior aei audiences. he's the former chairman of the council of economic advisors to the president. he's a prolific author and speaker. public intellectual and he's a member of aei's council of economic advisors. he's here quite a lot and we're delighted of that. he's joined today after a presentation of his new work by a panel that you see before you here today that features ramesh from the national review, carmon reinhart from the university of maryland and the panel will be moderated by our very own head of economic policy studies, kevin hassett. so please join me in welcoming glenn hubbard. [applause] >> thanks very much, arthur, for that kind introduction. and thanks to a hail and hearty audience showing up after thanksgiving. the books "seeds of destructi