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Former McDonald’s executive Bob Langert talked about his book, The Battle to Do Good, in which he chronicled the company’s journey to address societal issues such as obesity, animal…

Journalist William Knoedelseder talked about his book, Fins: Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of Detroit, in which he reported on the rise of General Motors and…

Oren Cass of the Manhattan Institute talked about The Once and Future Worker, in which he took a critical look at U.S. labor and economic policies and suggested ways to improve them.

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson reported on the state of the news business with the influx of new technologies. She was interviewed by Vivian Schiller, former president…

Kathleen Day talked about her book, Bankers, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street, in which she provides a history of the federal government’s oversight of the financial sector.…

Meredith Broussard talked about her book, Artificial Unintelligence, in which she argued that technology and artificial intelligence have limitations and people should not assume computers…

Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, talked about the growing business of collecting and selling consumer data. She was interviewed by Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief…

Authors discussed the business and politics of technology.

Gregory Jaczko recounted his time with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for which he served as chair from 2009-2012.

Alissa Quart talked about the economic pressures that American families face today and took national viewer phone calls.

Former Federal Reserve examiner Carmen Segarra talked about the close relationship between the New York Federal Reserve Bank and the financial giant Goldman Sachs.

Russian and European Studies professor Kristen Ghodsee explored whether women fare better economically under capitalism or socialism.

Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan and The Economist's Adrian Wooldridge talked about the history of capitalism in America.

Economics Professor Deirdre McCloskey discussed whether being a socialist humane.

Tim Wu talked about his book, The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age, in which he questioned whether “big tech,” big pharma," and other corporations that are “too big to…

Rosemary Gibson was interviewed at the National Press Club’s Book Fair. She talked about her book, China Rx, on China’s growing influence on the pharmaceutical industry.

Eric Jay Dolin provided a history of piracy in the America’s in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, reported on the science behind and the development of food safety regulations in the United States.

Loyola University economics professor Walter Block discussed his book, Space Capitalism: How Humans Will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids.

Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge of The Economist talked about their book, Capitalism in America: A History