Speaking of George Gilder
Finally, a Gilder book for those of us who want to get right to the point! From tapes, transcripts, and corporate conclaves, you get the spoken wit and wisdom of George Gilder — on money and morals, technology and telecom. It’s all here, and it’s easy to use. A little over a third of Speaking of George Gilder consists of speeches and Read More ›
Real Welfare Reform
Throughout the debate over welfare reform, religious leaders have expressed sharply different visions of what our nation’s welfare policies should look like in the years ahead. Discovery Institute is interested in exploring the theological roots of these different visions of welfare. We invite you to join us for a breakfast roundtable forum featuring three nationally recognized religious thinkers, Dr. Marvin Read More ›
The Soul of Silicon
Published on May 1, 1991, Centesimus Annus returns to the themes of a lapidary encyclical of 100 years before, Rerum Novarum, which refuted Marxism long before it had refracted into a global plague of tyranny and murder. The critique of socialism, however, did not signify an affirmation of capitalism. The `new things’ to which the Pope devoted his attention more Read More ›
A Happy Thought: Electronic Cash could Kill the Income Tax
Death and taxes are known as life’s certainties. Far less common, but much more enjoyable to contemplate, is the death of a tax. In fact, a little-known technology may be about to accomplish what generations of Americans have joked and dreamed about — and both the new Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Archer and his predecessor, Chairman Sam Gibbons, Read More ›
International Seattle
A Discovery Institute project, International Seattle: Creating a Globally Competitive Community, is aimed at helping the region define a new strategy for increasing its international competitiveness. With the help of a 24-member advisory board and a host of volunteers, Discovery conducted interviews throughout the Pacific Northwest and studied a dozen other cities’ international programs. The report finds that internationalism offers Read More ›
Microcosm
George Gilder’s Microcosm is the crystal ball of the next technological era. Leading scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs provide vivid accounts of the latest inventions, revealing how the new international balance of power really lies in information technology. Ranging from computer chips to the greatest minds of Silicon Valley, George Gilder explores every aspect of today’s unprecedented technological and entrepreneurial revolution. Microcosm contains Read More ›
Men and Marriage (1st Edition)
Wealth and Poverty
Originally published in 1982 and hailed as “the guide to capitalism,” the New York Times bestseller Wealth and Poverty by George F. Gilder is one of the most famous economic books of all time and has sold more than one million copies since its first release. In this influential classic, Gilder explains and makes the case for supply-side economics, proves the moral superiority of free-market capitalism, and Read More ›