Economics

This article, published by Forbes, refers to Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: The other early 1980s book that changed the game was Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder (Basic Books). It became the book most frequently cited by President Ronald Reagan and turned systems analysis, as applied to economics, on its head. The rest of the article can be Read More ›

This article, published by RealClearReligion, discusses Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: I owe a lot to George Gilder, and with his release of Knowledge and Power, that debt has increased significantly. Decades ago, I first read Sexual Suicide, a book that later became Men and Marriage, and which I have read again several times in that form. I was Read More ›

The recently elected Pope Francis, who succeeded Benedict XVI five months ago, has taken his first trip abroad to address the World Youth Day celebration in Brazil. Francis set the tone for his trip talking to journalists aboard his plane. “The world crisis is not treating young people well … We are running the risk of having a generation that Read More ›

This article, published by PJ Media, contains an interview with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: “Wealth is essentially the accumulation of knowledge,” George Gilder tells me in our new interview. “It requires that government get out of the way, that government not be a noisy force in the economy, distracting entrepreneurs from their creative purposes toward government goals and Read More ›

This article, published by LinkedIn, discusses Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: My father read the interview with George Gilder in that August 1981 issue, which impressed him. Gilder had written Wealth and Poverty, a book Ronald Reagan was photographed with, along with giving it to members of his cabinet. Gilder would go on to become Ronald Reagan’s most-quoted living Read More ›

This article, published by Forbes, discusses Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: Gilder, age 73, is now back with a new book, Knowledge and Power (Regnery), based on information theory. I will say that Gilder’s newest is his best–the book of the year, maybe of the new millennium. I’ll be referring to Knowledge and Power in coming issues. Meanwhile, buy it and read it Read More ›

This article, published by Forbes, discusses Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: With the publication of his masterful Wealth and Poverty in the early ‘80s, economic thinker and futurist extraordinaire George Gilder ascended to heights that most public intellectuals could only dream of. A hugely influential work covering how the individuals who comprise an economy grow, Gilder’s book even reached Read More ›