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

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

George Gilder talked about his latest book, Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy.

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

Book TV interviewed Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation about his book, Rethinking America’s Highways.

Former Wall Street executive Nomi Prins offered her thoughts on the power and influence of the world’s central bankers.

David Graeber talked about jobs that he says qualify as employment but are pointless and unnecessary.

An author discussion on the middle class in America from the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival.

Dan Hampton talked about his book The Flight: Charles Lindbergh’s Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing, in which he reports on Charles Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic flight from New York to…

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Charlie LeDuff recounted his journey across the U.S. reporting on economic conditions and the political climate in the country.

Carmen Segarra discussed her time working with the New York Federal Reserve Bank and regulating Goldman Sachs.

Nigel Travis, CEO and chair of Dunkin Brands, offered his thoughts on how companies can stay relevant by asking their workers to challenge the status quo.

Zephyr Teachout looked at corporate mergers and argued that the concentration of business wealth needs to be stopped.

Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr. detailed the rise of his family’s retail business.

George Bibel looked at the mechanical and human failures that lead to plane crashes, as well as the role in public safety of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the question, “What was the impact on your paycheck of the tax cut passed at the end of 2017?”

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes discussed his plan to reduce poverty and strengthen the middle class by offering working people a guaranteed income paid for by the one percent. He is…

Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, took viewer phone calls about technology and the economy at the 23rd annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

A discussion on labor from the 23rd annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books that featured Susan Marquis, I Am Not a Tractor!; Rick Wartzman, The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in…

Joshua Freeman, history professor at Queens College, examined how the onset of factory production impacted the world’s social, economic, and political norms.