Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-10-31
Books mentioned on 301. Politics: Tradition and Vision | Newt Gingrich
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Losing Ground
Discussed“and had been uh dramatically accelerated by a book that Charles Murray wrote called losing ground which proved pretty conclusively that government inspired dependency is very destructive and particularly destructive for people who are poor”
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The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a foundational 1776 text in classical economics by the Scottish thinker widely seen as the father of modern economics, exploring the mechanics of free markets, national productivity, and division of labor.
Discussed“now this is something that Adam Smith wrote about in 1776 in The Wealth of Nations that any Gathering of businessmen is a conspiracy against the consumer and so all of these interest groups like a sloppy uh influence written bureaucratic and political structure”
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The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm by Winston Churchill is the first volume of Churchill's historical account of the Second World War, chronicling the mounting geopolitical tensions and appeasement policies that led to global conflict.
Discussed“you know when Churchill um goes on the umderman campaign in 1898. he writes a book about the river War which is a my wife actually got me an original copy which is one of my real Treasures”
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coming apart the state of white america 1960-2010
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray is a sociological study examining the cultural and economic divergence of American communities over five decades.
Recommended“and there is a terrific book by Charlie Murray called coming apart in which he goes through and analyzes by ZIP code and says that people from Elite universities marry people from Elite universities and live in ZIP codes with people from Elite universities”
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“His latest books include Beyond Biden: Rebuilding the America We Love and Trump and the American Future: Solving the Great Problems of Our Time.”