this month author amity shlaes. we've heard a lot about her history, some of the places she's worked. she's also the author of these books: "germany: the empire within," 1991. "the greedy hand: how taxes drive americans crazy and what to do about it" was 1999. "the forgotten man," a new york times bestseller, 2007. "calvin coolidge" last year came out, another bestseller. and just this year, "the forgotten man: a new history the great depression, the graphic edition." came out. and i want to let regular viewers of booktv know that every month we have a new book for our book club, and this month we have chosen "the forgotten man," either the original edition or the graphic edition. so if you would like to read along, it's about economics, it's about the depression, you can tie a lot of things in to today as well, amity shlaes' "forgotten man" is our book club section for the month of june. pick up a copy, digitally get a copy and join us in reading. if you go to booktv.org, you'll see right up there at the to be -- t

amity shlaes? >> guest: i have been critic criticisized about not talking about this more in the book. you can see him with catholic and prodesstan. he had a respect for faith. he would go to several dedicati dedications. coolidge did a conference call for a jewish group in the '20's that was famous because he said i like about your people, to the jews, that you try to take care of your own. that is a very old fashion idea. to all groups when you take care of your own i respect that. you build hospitals and what not. and i respect you because of the charity you have done. he understood how important faith-based charity was. that is gone from the community. in the same conference call that he did with the jewish leaders, he talked about budgeting and he said it is kind of an obsession. it makes be seem like a scrouge but you understand if i budget well. i don't budget because i am mean or a scrouge, i budget to help us all. he confessed this into conference call with jewish leaders. but you can see

. > host: amity shlaes,ho i >>host: who is the forgotten man? >> it is thus seen in my book but president roosevelt talked about the forgotten man at the the bottom of the economic pyramid meanings them homeless and the president roosevelt spokehey about this in the 1930's the world where of converting aboutys this other forgotten man and that was the man who pays for the government project. even some of its raw that wants to help but what is problem? what if it is not a good project? with william pram that you have the wrong forgotten man the poor man. no. the taxpayer. that is a question today. >>host: is in your book air of a new history of the great depression you write to about america and depression not the war ended but why it lasted from 1929 through 1940 from hoover through roosevelt government intervention helps to make the depression estimate thator is the work of that book. thank you for quoting the a introduction i wrote this about the 1930's because long story short we all learn to something in school that it was not always perfect

man easier said digital edition for the graphic edition if you would like to read along well, amity shlaes' "forgotten man" is our book club section for the month of june. pick up a copy, digitally get a copy and join us in reading. if you go to booktv.org, you'll see right up there at the to be -- top there's a tab that says "book club." and beginning this afternoon we will start posting your comments. we want to hear what you have to say aboututhor of "finding the dragon lady: the mystery of vietnam's madame nhu." >> are going undegood morning, . welcome to the 30th annual "chicago tribune" winters road lit fest. i want to give a special thank you to all of our sponsors. the authors book will be told in the main lobby and son outside of the auditorium. book signing will immediately follow the program. today's program will be broadcast live on c-span2's booktv. at this time at the end for a q&a session with the author would ask you to please use a microphone located here on the stairwell to my left. this way the home viewing audience can hear your questions. if you like to watch his progr

this month on our online book club, we're discussing amity shlaes' "the forgotten man." discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv. television for serious readers. >>> this weekend, american history tv is live from the gettysburg college civil war institute. saturday morning starting at 8:45 eastern. you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by arizona state university professor brooks simpson on ulysses s. grant. later, historian megan kate nelson on the burning of chambersburg. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> federal reserve chair janet yellen on wednesday expressed confidence that the economic recovery was largely on track and that the fed would be able to begin raising interest rates next year. she spoke at a news conference following two days of meetings of the federal open market committee. it's just under an hour. >> good afternoon. the federal open market committee concluded its june meeting earlier today. as was indicated in our policy statement, the committee decided to make another modest reduction in the

this month on our online book club we're discussing "amity shlaes' "the forgotten man." book tv.elevision for serious readers. >>> so the idea behind 250 & 250 is instead of trying to tell the entire history of st. louis as a timeline or sort of era by era we would absolutely miss vitally important things. instead of trying to do that and failing we decided what if we just gave snapshots of st. louis' history that would give people a glimpse of all the diverse things that have happened here and they could use their imaginations to kind of fill in the rest. so we chose 50 people, 50 places, 50 moments, 50 images and 50 objects and tried to choose the most diverse selection we possibly could. we're standing in the 50 objects section of the 250 & 250 exhibit right now. this is what most people would call the real history. this is where the object is right in front of you. brewing is such a huge part of st. louis's history. it's an amazing story with lots of different breweries. and, of course, the most famous became anheuser busch when they were the largest in the world. in the era

this month on our online book club we're discussing amity shlaes the forgotten man. start reading and join others to discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv, television for serious readers. >> "the wall street journal" held its annual cfo network conference yesterday in washington. in this part of the conference pollsters peter hart and bill mcinturff talked about this year's elections and the upcoming 2016 presidential campaign. this is one half-hour. >> good morning one and all. we have two of the great political minds in bowling with us today. bill mcinturff, peter hart. we are the only three in all of washington, all the country i think is so the eric cantor defeat coming. didn't want to let anybody know into what happened. but that's our pride of place. bill, i'm going to turn to you first and go kind of migrator. eric cantor's defeat, none of us are coming but it was one of those rare shocks in political life. doesn't mean anything? can we extrapolate significance from the? >> absolutely. and i'm sure -- yes, it does but it has enormous bearing

in our online book club we're discussing amity shlaes the forgotten man. join others and discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv, television for serious reeders. >>> this morning congressman rob bishop of utah participating in a discussion about the federal government's public lands policies. representative bishop chairs the house public lands and environmental regulations subcommittee. you will hear first from robert gordon of the heritage foundation, the host organization. this event runs an hour. >> good morning, welcome to the heritage foundation and in louers with lerman auditorium. i would ask everyone in house, double-check the cell phones have been turned off, especially with the rain in the area and all of the magical warnings about flash floods going off, it might be a little more distracting than usual. we will of course post this program on the heritage homepage following the presentation for everyone's future reference and our internet viewers are always welcome to send comments and questions. email speaker@heritage.org. hostin

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this month on her online book we're discussing amity shlaes the forgotten man. start reading and join others to discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv, television for serious readers. >> yesterday the white house held its first ever summit on working families. vice president joe biden urged corporate executives to create family-friendly policies saying the return is overwhelming. jill biden, white house senior advisor valerie jarrett and labor secretary thomas perez also take part. >> please welcome senior advisor to the president, and chair of the white house council on women and girls, valerie jarrett, u.s. secretary of labor, thomas e. perez, and the president of the center for american progress, neera tanden. [cheers and applause] >> well, good morning. good morning, everybody. good morning. let us hear from you. wow, i can't believe you all showed up. i am delighted to be here with my cohosts tom and neera are you'll hear from shortly to welcome you to the first ever white house summit on working families. [applause] >> so the president's g

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and this month on our online book club, we're discussing amity shlaes, "the forgotten man."start reading and join others to discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv, television for serious readers. >> federal reserve janet yellen expressed confidence that the economic recovery was largely on track which would allow the fed to begin raising interest rates next year. she spoke at a news conference following two days of meetings of its federal open market committee. her remarks are about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. there are the federal open market committee concluded its june meeting earlier today. as was indicated in our policy statement, the committee decided to make another modest reduction in the pace of its purchases of longer term security. the committee maintained its forward guidance regarding the the federal funds rate target and reaffirmed its view that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy remains appropriate. today's policy actions reflect the committee's assessment that the economy is continuing to make progress

amity shlaes the forgotten man is her book club selection for the month of june so pick up a copy digitally. get a copy and join us in reading. if you go to booktv.org you will see it right up there at the top there's a tab that says bookclub. just on bookclub and beginning this afternoon we will dart posting your comments. we want to hear what you have to say about the forgotten man. our book club selection for the month. our live coverage from the printers row lit fest will continue in just a few minutes. >> was his the d in d-day stand for? >> it stands for nothing. soldiers joke that is said it for death or that it stood for day, day day. it's just a code and you know people have tried retrospectively to figure out what it really stood for. in fact it has no meaning. >> why june 6, 1944? about 69 years ago today. >> yes, that's right. it was supposed to be june 5. that was was the day that eisenhower picked. it's very tricky to invade the norman coast. the tides were extraordinary. the moon has to be right if you are going to go at night in order to allow paratroopers to be able to see

this month honor on my book club we're discussing amity shlaes the forgotten man. start reading and join others to discuss the book in our chat room at booktv.org. booktv, television for serious readers. >> next, some of "foreign policy" magazine's top global thinkers of 2013 including a pakistani peace and women rights activists, an economics professor who helped debunk a leading economic report on austerity and a film maker. this is from the university of denver. >> go. >> well, welcome back. we are celebrating foreign policy magazines top 100 global thinkers in 2013, ma from the university of denver. the korbel school of their national study. i've to say that, just a couple of words about the university. yesterday we celebrated our 150th anniversary, which is -- [applause] >> and i cannot think of a better way of starting out our next 150 years than this event. it is an array of folks discussing an array of topics that you will never, you just don't find people with these skills, these credentials on this knowledgebase, able to talk with people like us -- not al

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if you would like to read along, economics, you can tie a lot of things and to today as well.ity shlaestten man" is our book club section for the month of june. pick up a copy, digitally get a copy and join us in reading. if you go to booktv.org, you'll see right up there at the to be -- top there's a tab that says "book club." and beginning this afternoon we will start posting your comments. we want to hear what you have to say about >> a narrative of the african-american experience which goes as follows. there was slavery, and it was really bad. and then abraham lincoln came along and freed the slaves. and then black folks kind of disappeared until 1955 when rosa parks -- [laughter] when rosa parks said, no, thank you. going to a keep my seat. call the police. but there's a whole lot of stuff that goes on in there, and one of the things i want to do is capture some of that. you see that sometimes some of the movie's about slavery or the older depictions of slavery or someone comes along and says sells for now. that was not actually what happened. freedom was a very -- imagine that you