his latest book which we are here to discuss is of course tierney inc. a private power across american liberty and what to do about it just out. if you have not picked up a copy yet, please do. next marco rubio is a senior u.s. senator from florida and the author most recently of decades of decadence, however spoiled elites blue america's inheritance of liberty, security and prosperity which was published earlier this year. director of research at the american economic liberties project and author of goliath 100 year war between monopoly power and democracy published by simon & schuster. serving as a policy advisor to the senate budget committee and writes the big newsletter monopoly. a labor unionist in baltimore in a contributored to compact magazine and last but certainly not least my colleague bradley devlin who was a staff reporter doing excellent work for us. if you have read bradley's work you may think that he is older than his years. he is actually very young. no real memories of that terrible day 21 years ago, 22 years ago just yesterday. a per

now if you read tierney inc.hich i believe the "washington post" called anonymously offense about which they guess a complement. if you read it like the "washington post" did you'll find many stories of the rural workers attempting to navigate economic order that's often stacked against them. many ways the book echoes the disposition that animated our magazines pages for 21 years now. the healthy skepticism in all forms preference for main street over wall street. we also welcome honest disagreement and debate about the best ways to advance those interests. i hope we will be able to get into some of these discussions sparked by the provocative prescription tierney inc. here eatonight. we've got a great lineup of speakers for you to do just that. so, before you start at once introduced tonight speakers before handing it over to the author of the book that bringsng us to tonight. first, as the founder and editor of compact magazine. contribute editor char publication and contributed writer for the. previously he sp