Episode · The Tucker Carlson Show · 2025-05-16

Tucker Carlson & Oren Cass: books mentioned on The Tucker Carlson Show

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The point of the postwar global economic order was never to help the United States, says economist Oren Cass, and in the end it didn’t. Thankfully Trump just blew it up.

Oren Cass discussed Free to Choose by Milton Friedman and The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Free to Choose

    Milton Friedman · at 11:50

    Free to Choose by Milton Friedman is a prominent exposition of free-market economics and classical liberalism.

    Discussed
    “You know, you had these folks like Milton Freriedman as a classic example of someone who was sort of making this very public case that literally his his best work is called free to choose, right?”
    Where to get it
  2. The Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith · at 12:39

    The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a foundational 1776 text by the Scottish thinker often regarded as the father of modern economics, exploring free markets, capitalism, and the mechanics of national wealth.

    Discussed
    “Adam Smith, the you know father of capitalism had this idea of the invisible hand which if you go back and look at what he was actually talking about what he was describing it like literally in the paragraph where he writes about the invisible hand he has all these requirements...”
    Where to get it