Episode · The Rubin Report · 2020-01-05
Books mentioned on What Price Will Your Children Pay For Our Mistakes? | John Anderson | POLITICS | Rubin Report
John Anderson discussed The Federalist papers by Alexander Hamilton and others, The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson, and The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama.
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The Federalist papers
The Federalist papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, James Madison, John Jay is a foundational collection of essays advocating for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Discussed“But you read his writings and what have you as he played his part, "The Federalist Papers" and so forth in establishing the land of the free, it's brilliant stuff, and to dismiss the wisdom of the ages because somehow we're cleverer and they were lesser, no conservative should ever adopt that line.”
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The Ascent of Money
The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson is a comprehensive economic history that traces the evolution of global financial systems, credit, and currency.
Discussed“Niall Ferguson talks about how the greatest parallel from the internet age is probably the printing press, and it resulted in a lot of chaos initially, but in the end, of course, it was responsible for the spreading of wisdom and of learning and of ability to, if you like, share, that transform the way that we live.”
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The End of History and the Last Man
The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama is a prominent political science and philosophy book arguing that the worldwide spread of liberal democracies may signal the endpoint of humanity's sociocultural evolution.
Discussed“We're very conscious of that where we live. And so the idea that somehow or other democracy has won out, that Francis Fukuyama, the idea end of history, that we'll all be free, open, democratic, capitalist societies led by America is really over already, and it happened very quickly.”
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