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Every book Terry Schilling recommended on podcasts
Terry Schilling is a frequent guest on Timcast IRL, where he engages in discussions regarding American politics, economics, societal shifts, demographic challenges, and historical public policy. Across his appearances, Schilling highlights several influential books that have shaped his worldview and understanding of societal trends. He specifically recommends George Gilder's book The Scandal of Money, noting that it served as a valuable read for understanding monetary policy and tech history. In addition to recommending Gilder's work, Schilling references several other seminal texts to contextualize modern socio-economic and political debates. He discusses Gilder's earlier writings, including Men and Marriage and Life After Television, to explore Silicon Valley and historical perspectives on society. Schilling also brings up Jonathan V. Last's book What to Expect When No One's Expecting to analyze population decline and demographic momentum. Furthermore, he touches upon historical and political operational texts, including Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals to examine political tactics, as well as Pope Leo XIII's papal encyclical Rerum Novarum to explore early Catholic teachings on the shortcomings of both communism and capitalism.
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The Scandal of Money
The Scandal of Money by George Gilder is an economic critique that examines how government manipulation of currency destabilizes markets and undermines true economic freedom.
Recommended“and then in the 90s he wrote this book called life after television but in the book that he wrote for us is called the scandal of money and it's a good read”
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Life after television
Discussed“and then in the 90s he wrote this book called life after television but in the book that he wrote for us is called the scandal of money and it's a good read”
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Men and Marriage
Discussed“George Gilder uh I he wrote a book with us on monetary policy but he's like this Prophet from Silicon Valley he wrote This original book called men in marriage in like the 80s”
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Rerum Novarum
Discussed“Pope Leo I 13th produced an encyclical which is a papal document on instructing the church on teaching and it was called Ram Navarum and it was the first uh document that really went after the errors of communism. It also went after a lot of the shortfalls and shortcomings of capitalism.”
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Rules for Radicals
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky is a classic handbook written for community organizers seeking to effect social and political change.
Discussed“That's what that book Good Trouble is, right? The whole book is about doing these type of political operations to to basically scop people. Rules for radicals. Exactly.”
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What to Expect When No One's Expecting
Discussed“one thing I want to point out so I read this book years ago called what to expect when no one's expecting and it was by Jonathan last before he went nuts on this Trump Arrangement stuff”
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