the editor is robert whaples written under the auspices of the independent institute. robert whaples teaches economics at wake forest university. >> guest: thank you for having me on. >> here's a look at some of the current best-selling nonfiction books according to the "washington post." >> some of the authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. into the author's name and the word book into the search function at the top of the page. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening and welcome to the strand bookstore. my name is nancy bass wyden. i am the owner of the strand. we are located in greenwich village in the literary and activist capital of new york city. the strand was founded in 1927 in an areawn

. >> host: robert whaples we're showing the book you edited "pope francis and the caring society."what are we going to find in here? >> guest: the book is written mainly by economists and when writing in response from three years ago. it's cannot as the popes environmental encyclical but it's economists were trying to gauge the pope