. >> thomas e. woods, what of your other books, what are the ever topics you've written about? >> a few years ago i had meltdown, i talked about what caused the crisis because i knew -- i had pretty much the first book on the financial crisis that include the bailout's because they said if you're going to get a book out on this you have to understand the whole world will have a book published so i worked like an insane lunatic on this book just to give the public something other than the paul krugman explanation of what happened. the federal reserve, and this topic that's getting a lot of topic these days. why did they know there was a crisis coming. were they using an allegis board, how did they know? it's the guide to american history which is one of these books the title sells it. my favorite memory was i was at a barnes and noble and i was there today book signing. my publisher i won't mention forgot to tell me c-span was coming so i thought i will sign a few books and come home. i get there and the manager says c-span is setting up over there. i sign sorry, what? i had to

this is book tv on c-span2 >>> we are on location in las vegas and we're joined now by thomas e. woods whose recent book is rollback repealing big government before the coming fiscal collapse. how would you describe the premise behind the book and what are the plans to get across? >> fiscal issues. i would rather drawn out the window but to set the stage i'm explaining that we are on a trajectory that left or right or a democrat or republican we have to admit can't be sustained. obviously very wrenching changes are coming but the rest of the book is geared towards revisiting the arguments by which we were sold a big government. we would have this problem if it weren't for that one by am trying to suggest is when we cut back it's not going to be the chernobyl catastrophe might bear some area of to the country the silver lining is that it will cut back on these things and give a lot more scope for the entrepreneur ship and freedom. >> what are those budget items you could see being cut back that could be advantageous? >> here with a book like this and a publisher like mine on an assumed