American Thought Leaders

George Gilder on ‘Emergency Socialism,’ Accommodating Surprise, and Separating Power From Knowledge


Listen Later

Nearly four decades after investor George Gilder’s book “Wealth and Poverty” helped shape the economic policies of Ronald Reagan, Gilder sits down to discuss his forthcoming book “Life After Capitalism.”

“As Peter Thiel declares, in the past, when you went public as a company, you gained new influence and power and marketing ability, and new capital and freedom. Now, when you go public, you get nationalized. And you become a kind of instrument of government policy,” says Gilder.

Gilder also believes that many of the policies surrounding public health during the pandemic were actually weakening people’s immune systems under the guise of protection.

“We’re trying to engineer a new dark age for our immune systems, trying to retard the learning processes that render our immune systems capable of facing the new threats—the unexpected threats—that may arise in the future,” says Gilder.

We dive into environmental and pandemic policy, Silicon Valley and academia, and Gilder’s information theory on economics, which applies the study of how information is communicated and stored to our mental, physiological and political systems.

“This information theory that’s often applied to fiber-optic lines or wireless transmissions actually also applies to our minds and bodies,” says Gilder.

Follow EpochTV on social media:


Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus

Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV

Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV


Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus

Gab: https://gab.com/EpochTV

Telegram: https://t.me/EpochTV


...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

American Thought LeadersBy The Epoch Times

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

1,156 ratings


More shows like American Thought Leaders

View all
The Rubin Report by Dave Rubin

The Rubin Report

14,245 Listeners

Hillsdale Dialogues by Hillsdale College

Hillsdale Dialogues

2,098 Listeners

Heritage Explains by Heritage Podcast Network

Heritage Explains

842 Listeners

The Daily Signal by The Daily Signal

The Daily Signal

1,391 Listeners

The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour by Hillsdale College

The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

657 Listeners

How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World by The Epoch Times

How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World

232 Listeners

Full Measure After Hours by Sharyl Attkisson

Full Measure After Hours

1,463 Listeners

The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast by Sharyl Attkisson

The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast

1,822 Listeners

Crossroads with Joshua Philipp by The Epoch Times

Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

567 Listeners

John Solomon Reports by John Solomon

John Solomon Reports

6,568 Listeners

THE MCCULLOUGH REPORT by Dr. Peter McCullough

THE MCCULLOUGH REPORT

2,496 Listeners

The Victor Davis Hanson Show by Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler

The Victor Davis Hanson Show

8,631 Listeners

The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer by Government Accountability Institute

The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer

586 Listeners

Facts Matter by The Epoch Times

Facts Matter

1,248 Listeners

Imprimis by Hillsdale College

Imprimis

237 Listeners

California Insider by The Epoch Times

California Insider

71 Listeners

The Report by The Epoch Times

The Report

18 Listeners

China Watch by The Epoch Times

China Watch

28 Listeners

Constitution Avenue by The Epoch Times

Constitution Avenue

16 Listeners

Morning Brief by The Epoch Times

Morning Brief

102 Listeners