Book · 2020 · History
The age of entitlement
America Since the Sixties
The age of entitlement by Christopher Caldwell has been mentioned in 5 episodes across 4 podcasts (3 episodes recommend it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Emily Jashinsky (2 episodes), Krystal Ball (1 episode) and Michael Knowles (1 episode) on Breaking Points (2 episodes), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and The Megyn Kelly Show (1 episode).
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Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a short read and it was hugely influential.
Krystal Ball · Breaking Points · Apr 2025 Listen at 16:44 Questions about The age of entitlement by Christopher Caldwell
Who recommends The age of entitlement by Christopher Caldwell on podcasts?
Emily Jashinsky (1 episode), Krystal Ball (1 episode), Michael Knowles (1 episode) and Saagar Enjeti (1 episode) have recommended The age of entitlement by Christopher Caldwell on podcasts. In all, 5 people brought it up across 4 podcasts (4 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The age of entitlement the most?
Breaking Points (2 episodes), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode), The Megyn Kelly Show (1 episode) and The Tucker Carlson Show (1 episode).
Is The age of entitlement recommended, or only discussed?
The age of entitlement by Christopher Caldwell was recommended in 3 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 2 episodes, as of 2025-09-03.
What do people say about The age of entitlement?
Krystal Ball on Breaking Points (2025-04-16): "Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a short read and it was hugely influential."
When was The age of entitlement last mentioned on a podcast?
The age of entitlement by Christopher Caldwell was last recommended on The Tucker Carlson Show by Michael Knowles on 2025-09-03.
What they say about it
- Authored by Christopher Caldwell7
- Influential book on the right2
The best things said about it
Christopher Caldwell, an excellent guest on your show and a great writer. Wonderful guy. His his his book Age of Entitlement basically uh proves this this uh thesis that there there's a parallel constitution which is in tension with the old constitution.
Michael Knowles The Tucker Carlson Show · Sep 2025 Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a short read and it was hugely influential.
There's another one by The Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell. And they make a very strong case that, Caldwell in particular, that he calls it like a new founding of America, was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because it created an entire new legal regime and understanding of race in the American character.
Saagar Enjeti Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 2024 The great Christopher Caldwell of Claremont Institute wrote a whole book on this called Age of Entitlement.
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Why people recommend it
The Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a provocative historical and political analysis examining how civil rights legislation and shifting legal frameworks reshaped American society from the 1960s onward. The book received high praise across several prominent podcasts. On The Tucker Carlson Show, Michael Knowles brought up the work to support the thesis that a parallel constitution emerged to challenge the older legal order and trigger a deep regime crisis. Similarly, Saagar Enjeti recommended the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast, explaining that Caldwell makes a compelling case for viewing the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a new founding of America that established an entirely new legal and racial regime. On Breaking Points, both Emily Jashinsky and Krystal Ball highlighted the book as a short, highly influential read that deeply shaped conservative and alternative thinking about federal power and civil rights. Later on the same show, the hosts returned to Caldwell's arguments while discussing conservative opposition to federalization and the Department of Education. Josh Hammer also referenced the book on The Megyn Kelly Show to explore the historical trajectory and complex downstream effects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, cementing the text as a central reference point in contemporary political discourse.
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Emily Jashinsky I mean, if people want to read a good um book on this, Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a a sh… 2
“I mean, if people want to read a good um book on this, Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a a short read and it was hugely influential.”
“Christopher Caldwell wrote a book called the age of entitlements back in I think it came out like in 2016”
Krystal Ball I mean, if people want to read a good um book on this, Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a a sh… 1
“I mean, if people want to read a good um book on this, Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a a short read and it was hugely influential. I mean, I've seen some people point to the book Richard Hanania wrote a couple of years back, but Caldwell is the book that really um was influential on the right”
Michael Knowles Christopher Caldwell, an excellent guest on your show and a great writer. Wonderful guy. His his his book A… 1
“Christopher Caldwell, an excellent guest on your show and a great writer. Wonderful guy. His his his book Age of Entitlement basically uh proves this this uh thesis that there there's a parallel constitution which is in tension with the old constitution.”
Saagar Enjeti There's another one by "The Age of Entitlement" by Christopher Caldwell. And they make a very strong case t… 1
“There's another one by "The Age of Entitlement" by Christopher Caldwell. And they make a very strong case that, Caldwell in particular, that he calls it like a new founding of America, was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because it created an entire new legal regime and understanding of race in the American character and how”
Josh Hammer and the great Christopher Caldwell of Claremont Institute wrote a whole book on this called age of entitlem… 1
“and the great Christopher Caldwell of Claremont Institute wrote a whole book on this called age of entitlement is really unfortunate how the Civil Rights Act in 1964 which was a noble statute that had I been a legislator at the time I would have proudly voted for”
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“Christopher Caldwell wrote a book called uh the age of entitlements back in I think it came out like in 2016 um saying it's kind of making it like Goldwater is Right argument all along but no I mean I think the that's the tension was between the conservative ideologues who from a charitable charitable perspective just had this very”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He’s also a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and the author of "The Age of Entitlement and America Since the 60s" and Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West."”