Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2023-04-21
Books mentioned on Biden's Foreign Policy Failures, Rise of Woke Police, and the Value of Religion, with Niall Ferguson | Ep. 534
Megyn Kelly is joined by Niall Ferguson, best-selling author and senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, to talk about Biden announcing he's running for re-election next week, the Trump vs.
Niall Ferguson discussed War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and others, The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith, and The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Megyn Kelly discussed War on the West by Douglas Murray.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a sprawling Russian epic novel that chronicles elite society and military conflict during the Napoleonic era.
Discussed“by the way if you've ever read War and Peace the moment when Pierre sees Natasha everything stops uh that's what the French called a kudafuda it happened to me then”
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith is a seminal 1759 work of moral philosophy that examines the psychological foundations of human judgment, empathy, and social order.
Discussed“and the Scottish Enlightenment which after all produced some of the greatest ideas human beings have ever had think of Adam Smith's contribution The Wealth of Nations the theory of moral sentiments that's the kind of intellectual Legacy that I think of myself as being responsible for”
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The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a foundational text of classical economics published in 1776 that explores market dynamics, the division of labor, and the nature of national prosperity.
Discussed“and the Scottish Enlightenment which after all produced some of the greatest ideas human beings have ever had think of Adam Smith's contribution The Wealth of Nations the theory of moral sentiments that's the kind of intellectual Legacy that I think of myself as being responsible for”
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War on the West
The War on the West by Douglas Murray is a cultural commentary examining contemporary criticisms of Western civilization and the ideological battles shaping modern political discourse in America and Britain.
Discussed“and Doug has been reading uh my dog has been reading Douglas Murray's war on the west and he's of course got so many similar thoughts to your own on how the absurdity of writing off every every bit of history as you know terrible and not worthy of consideration”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“senior fellow at the Hoover institution at Stanford University and author of many best-selling books including 2021's Doom the politics of catastrophe he has fascinating thoughts on wokism religion Trump American foreign policy and much much more”
“He's the mill Bank family senior fellow at the Hoover institution at Stanford University and author of many best-selling books including 2021's Doom the politics of catastrophe he has fascinating thoughts...”
“Donald Trump don't doesn't care about Taiwan he made that explicit to John Bolton you can read it in John Bolton's Memoir we wouldn't be having showdowns over Taiwan if Trump were president because that was never his Focus”
“and the Scottish Enlightenment which after all produced uh some of the greatest ideas human beings have ever had think of Adam Smith's contribution The Wealth of Nations the theory of moral sentiments that's the kind of intellectual Legacy that I think of myself as being uh uh responsible for”
“and the Scottish Enlightenment which after all produced uh some of the greatest ideas human beings have ever had think of Adam Smith's contribution The Wealth of Nations the theory of moral sentiments that's the kind of intellectual Legacy that I think of myself as being uh uh responsible for”
“20 years ago I wrote a book called Empire how Britain made the modern world and in that book I pointed out that the Britain was responsible both for some Dreadful evils”
“well my last book Doom the politics of catastrophe takes this question on uh I love that that feature of American life that we're always predicting American Decline”