Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2026-09-08
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Walter Russell Mead: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #490
Walter Russell Mead - How America Keeps Winning - [Invest Like the Best, EP.490]
My guest today is Walter Russell Mead. Walter is a columnist at the Wall Street Journal and the author of Special Providence and God and Gold, two of the best books written on American power.
Walter Russell Mead discussed God by Walter Marshall Horton, God and Gold by Walter Russell Mead, and Special Providence by Walter Russell Mead.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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God
Discussed“In God and gold, one of my books, I say that you could sum up the last 300 years of modern history in 10 letters, UP, United Provinces, to UK, to US.”
Where to get it
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God and Gold
Discussed“In God and gold, one of my books, I say that you could sum up the last 300 years of modern history in 10 letters, UP, United Provinces, to UK, to US.”
Where to get it
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Special Providence
Discussed“Special Providence came out right around the time of 9-1-1. And people at that time weren't really aware that there was anything but Hamilton and Wilson.”
Where to get it
