Economics

America: be warned. A new wave of financial reformers has infiltrated our public institutions at both the state and national levels. A growing army of self-proclaimed activists, philanthropists, and politicians has infiltrated not only the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the FDIC, the Treasury, and other regulatory agencies. This explosive new book from New York Times bestselling author Jay W. Read More ›

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 ›