gingrich argues anti-american beliefs are gaining traction within the united states. his latest book is called "beyond biden." and in the broken constitution, harvard professor describes how abraham lincoln viewed the constitution and fox news brian kelly looks at the relationship between lincoln and frederick douglass and the president and the freedom fighter. those are some of the new books being published this week. you will see them on booktv. each week booktv produces a program called "after words." and on this week's episode of the author interview program, entrepreneur argues that corporate america is signing onto, quote, the culture only to increase profit. he discussed his book with harvard university economics professor and former george w. bush economics advisor greg. here is a little bit of that conversation. >> i think that there is something to be said for exploring the way in which may be it can stand on its own 2 feet. a big part of what i take aim at in the book isn't just the ideology in and of its own right but it's merged with capitalism which actu

the seeds of ross perot came from newt gingrich if you will. it was frustrating he remembered the challenges in new hampshire where the president was challenged within his own party. that gave oxygen to ross perot. it was a frustrating thing. if ross perot had not run i do think george h.w. bush would have won reelection. i'm not sure the united states would be as unified as we think it would be. i think it's the divisiveness were actually sewn and kind of upset the apple cart. i do not think catchment there very few people at george h.w. bush did not really call friends. and ross perot would be one. he did not remember most people were his enemies, or his enemies. i'll tell you one story i remember right after the top vote we just barely won in the senate and the president invited senators to come down and watch a movie at the white house. people are in line, coming into the white house the president is greeting everyone as they commit to see the movie. he just really against on the bill for the senate pretty looks and says really? think of th

gingrich's revolution, the contract with america. he said we don't need technical expertise in congress. people can just get technical expertise on the market, so we made systematic decisions in the federal government over time for the technical expertise and knowledge. what that means is we put our politicians in the position of primarily receiving input and advice from those that are paid to represent the interest of companies. while lots of us are focused on the privacy legislation or ai regulation or upscaling the future of work i don't want people to lose sight of the fundamental task which is building a democratic system that is capable of governing technology and that means thinking about the future of the service and thinking about what expertise we recruit for. it means thinking about the creation and support that represent the public interest rather than private or commercial interest and in our complex system that is the best technology we've come up with to deal with in a way to forge consensus or agreement among the conv

he took on newt gingrich. he threw a party when he got into trouble for getting the italian salute on the house floor. my dad was very bipartisan. he believed very much in the institution as opposed the political party. a lot of the memories i have of my dad were teaching me the lesson up he worked very closely within congressman chuck schumer. he saved the hospital that was about to close. a public health hospital on staten island as a freshman member because he did not know any better that he was not supposed to be able to have that kind of clout and figure things out. most of the memories i have of my dad. he saw walls but he did not walk around them he took him down and he still does. : : : in the carryall they said that is going to nominate guy to the state assembly. i said i got her so speaking publicly, i thought i would be afraid of it. and so because i was always active and from a very young age to running for office and then it open up the near city council and working in washington dc, back in new y