i didn't know adam smith could write. It's like reaching for meaning in a way that you just get in the in the richest books. i want to make sure that it's his work in the collection that allows people to have opportunity. A lot of people in prison read at a four for fifth grade level. O, ah, listen to a song multiple times. And sos, i had you encouraged us. I think the project is about fin ways to encourage all these different ways of making meanings out of the material.
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.