i think there's a temptation we all have to say also, for example, the way i've talked about this on the programme. And my natural impulse would be to choose the books that influenced me. Are you doing that, or are you trying to be howare, how are you dealing with that? So, so first i should say that i like great expectations. You don't read a bunch of dickens, but just not great expectations. I it's is there, cause a friend just swears by it. It's less expensive for me to print im myself than the than to pay for it’s so, like great expectations ouf be the count of monte
Author, lawyer, and poet Dwayne Betts talks about his time in prison and the power of reading with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Betts is the founder of the Million Book Project, which aims to put a small library of great books in 1,000 U.S. prisons. Betts discusses his plans for the project and how reading helped him transform himself.