scott fitzgerald. you couldn't be considered a college graduate but what is considered a college graduate now is not much. >> eight question up here. >> hi. i was wondering how you talk about liberalism the way he described it in the democratic party as a whole. it's kind of hard if you project contempt for the middle class and bourgeois values and it seems to me that -- in the past century like truman and humphrey and kennedy fitting this profile. >> think about truman for a minute. truman was an old-fashioned of that. he belonged to every known club in his hometown of missouri. he was a back slapper. arthur schlesinger despised harry truman. john kenneth galbraith despised harry truman. they wanted him off the ticket in 1948. they hope to induce eisenhower to run even though they had no idea whatsoever what eisenhower represented that he was in truman. truman was too much of a normal guy. but what they liked about kennedy now think about it, kennedy's father joe kennedy had not been a very pleasant g

soldier to safety after the war hemingway joined a group of ex patriots in paris including f scotts fitzgerald owen wilson. in 1926 he published his first novel "the sun also rises" based on running with the bulls. it's considered his greatest work. some how he managed to type it while fleeing bulls. three years later he finished tonight's book "a farewell to arms." it addresses the question, if you say farewell to your arms, what do you wave to say goodbye? [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> you know the nice thing about sangria is you already know what it will look like when you throw it up. [ applause ] >> stephen: that's called foreshadowing. [laughing] >> stephen: when world war ii began hemingway returned as a journalist. he was busy landing a marlin at sea and never got off the vessel. he was a legendary sports man and hunter. his big game trophies include a rhino and a leopard. these are based for his book "i will see you in hell barbar." the years of hard living took their toll on papa. he died from a self inflicted gun shot wound. sadly the killer was never found. 52 year

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scott fitzgerald's a memorable novel the great gatsby and now the movie as we all know but all of this came to a sudden halt with the great crash of one nine hundred twenty nine and after the great crash then came the great depression that's when john maynard keynes became a household name and today as we face the twenty first century secular stagnation the same themes are back the financialization of economic the financialization of the economy income inequality and secular stagnation and yes keynes he's back to that name you're going to hear a lot lately here to talk about all of this and much much more is economist thomas poly author of the book from financial crisis to stagnation welcome to the show dr polly such a pleasure to have you here and great to have a resource like you on the show to first and foremost you know you often describe. you often hear describes post keynesian economics opposed to keynesian economics. and laypersons terms can you tell me the difference between post keynesian and keynesian right well three things first it is ok in june at the coal in that it is is

looks at the intersection between a double murder in new jersey in 1922 and the writing of a scott fitzgeraldwatch for the authors on booktv in our booktv.org. >> now from the 30th in all book fair international, peter baker, the chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" answers viewer phone calls about his book, "days of fire: bush and cheney." this is about 40 minutes. >> host: joining us now is peter baker. the chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" and author of this new book, "days of fire: bush and cheney." what did you learn during the process? >> guest: he was willing to write a lot about it and said he didn't feel comfortable talking about to the same degree of detail when he was in office. he talks about how the subpoena was handled and how he still believed in the iraq war. but he talked about how the accidents were kindled as well as they should have been. so i thought it was a very interesting memoir. >> host: what about the memoir of dick cheney? >> guest: well, i think that he opens up about his attitude and his point of view. about so many issu

scott fitzgerald and sinclair lewis exploded in the 1920s. so they are richly rewarded by the society that they despise. i think it has to do with the following. intellectuals, however much attention they get they think they deserve more. the reason they deserve more as you get eaglet. miss him threats like acid on their skin. their vote is no more important than anyone else's vote. if you go back to john stuart mill his admiration for the french revolution of 1831 and 1848 did not stand up well however mel's call for multiple balance for people like himself that they shouldn't be compelled to vote like ordinary people. this is a long-standing and it's an insoluble problem until you flip it around talking about information. it's not a risible question. a lot of voters and i'm thinking of my hometown of new york. i hope people realize de blazio was elected by a record vote turnout. the turnout hadn't been that low since before women could vote. so it's not as if there was this great a fusion of enthusiasm. but the city now is entirely in the h

in england looks at the intersection between the double murder in new jersey in 1922 and at scott fitzgerald's writing of the great gatsby. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the auditors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. up next on booktv historian stanley -- stanley weintraub recounts the early political career of franklin roosevelt who in 1913 had 31 years old was appointed assistant secretary of the navy by president woodrow wilson. this program from the franklin roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde:park is one hour. >> stanley weintraub is a historian and award winning author of 50 highly acclaimed books of history and biography including pearl harbor christmas:11 days in december, is really an final victory and i remember when i was a young undergraduate student reading a wonderful book he wrote on young queen victoria so he is a man of many talents. national book award finalist, former guggenheim fellow and 3-time from the pennsylvania humanities council, he was in newark, delaware with his wonderful wife and i am pleased to welcom

scott fitzgerald was wrong when he said they were wrong than you and me. look at polaris, the maker of snowmobile and while they have real world uses an a defense business, many are simply fabulous play things for the wealthy. and polaris which a well-run company, it's given you a 51% gape since i push -- gain since i pushed it hard, it's nonetheless been getting slammed of late. it's 18 points off the high. plus, the company reported just this morning and the results failed to wow wall street. polaris earned $1.56 a share while the revenue came in higher than expected. but the company gave disappointing guidance, fell $4, 3%. i'm not too worried about the guidance. with its forecast it's really basically a upot, underpromised, overdelivered. let's check in with scott wine, find out more about the quarter and where they're headed. welcome back to "mad money." >> glad to be back on the show. >> first i have to admit i took the scrambler out about three weeks ago. i was in mexican tough territory. the thing was amazingly cool. i totally understand why the 20

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in england looks at the intersection between the double murder in new jersey in 1922 and at scott fitzgerald's writing of the great gatsby. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the auditors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. up next on booktv historian stanley -- stanley weintraub