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Ronald Reagan’s most-quoted living author—George Gilder—is back with an all-new paradigm-shifting theory of capitalism that will upturn conventional wisdom, just when our economy desperately needs a new direction.

America’s struggling economy needs a better philosophy than the college student's lament: "I can't be out of money, I still have checks in my checkbook!" We’ve tried a government spending spree, and we’ve learned it doesn’t work. Now is the time to rededicate our country to the pursuit of free market capitalism, before we’re buried under a mound of debt and unfunded entitlements. But how do we navigate between government spending that's too big to sustain and financial institutions that are "too big to fail?" In Knowledge and Power, George Gilder proposes a bold new theory on how capitalism produces wealth and how our economy can regain its vitality and its growth.

Gilder breaks away from the supply-side model of economics to present a new economic paradigm: the epic conflict between the knowledge of entrepreneurs on one side, and the blunt power of government on the other. The knowledge of entrepreneurs, and their freedom to share and use that knowledge, are the sparks that light up the economy and set its gears in motion. The power of government to regulate, stifle, manipulate, subsidize or suppress knowledge and ideas is the inertia that slows those gears down, or keeps them from turning at all.

One of the twentieth century’s defining economic minds has returned with a new philosophy to carry us into the twenty-first. Knowledge and Power is a must-read for fiscal conservatives, business owners, CEOs, investors, and anyone interested in propelling America’s economy to future success.

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GEORGE F. GILDER is a journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and preeminent economic thinker who is credited with helping develop the supply-side economic theory. He has served as chairman of the Lehrman Institute's Economic Roundtable, was program director for the Manhattan Institute, and is the cofounder of the Discovery Institute. He is the author of many popular books and has written for the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Forbes, and other publications. He lives in New York with his wife. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Regnery Publishing (June 10, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1621570274
ISBN-13: 978-1621570271
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June 13, 2014

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This to me is a critically important contribution towards understanding just where the rubber meets the road economically and ideologically. Texts like this don't necessarily offer new or unknown ideas per se. This work however does frame and explain fundamental truths long believed but never previously given adequate context or sufficiently detailed. It takes disparate individual notions and melds them into a collective and unifying whole.

That said, to this reader, the language utilized was too often indirect where it need not be. I would describe it as often excessively academic or self-congratulatory. Too much time is spent criticizing known or assumed falsehoods rather than emphasizing and providing greater edification of the right.

As a struggling entrepreneur myself, Mr Gilder's evolved perspective both fortifies and emboldens. The assurances he provides about the vital role played by entrepreneurs lessens the trevails that I imagine follow this type of risk taking for any so inclined. Though a less than easy read it is a welcome addition to the field.

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This book changes the way you understand the economy and society

January 9, 2014

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Writing in the tradition of Confucius and other philosophers who sought to understand how order could emerge out of apparent chaos, George Gilder makes a compelling case in this book that, as the global economy grows ever bigger, the central role of information becomes all the more critical. Actions that distort or suppress information, such as misguided or arbitrary regulations, market (eg money, interest rate) manipulation, or punitive taxation thus have the power to do damage much farther and wider than is generally appreciated. Conversely, if information is allowed to flow free of such distortions, within a robust yet passive transmission mechanism of rule of transparent law and clear property rights, its power to stimulate vast technological leaps forward through entrepreneurial activity has never been greater. Sure, the world faces challenges ranging from excessive debts, demographics and environmental concerns, but if the flow of information is allowed to work its magic--by its very nature obscured from view--even the seemingly most intractable problems of our time will be solved through purposeful, informed human action. Intuitively, we all know that we make better decisions when better informed. George Gilder demonstrates convincingly that the complex systems of economy and society are ultimately no different, but that they must be left to inform themselves, rather than to be somehow arbitrarily planned or directed from above.

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A remarkable piece of work...

December 28, 2017

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George Gilder's twenty plus books (over the thirty years I have been studying him) are often groundbreaking, sometimes discomforting, and frequently highly profitable.

George is my friend, not merely my favorite author. Knowledge and Power is his most remarkable work to date. He clarifies the complexity of a market based capitalist economy by showing it can be understood as an "information system". George connects market forces with Claude Shannon's Information Theory and produces a startling clarity about the way economies operate.

George... Thank you again!

Russell Redenbaugh

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Outstanding - very insightful. A MUST READ!

December 16, 2013

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This is the best book on economic theory and entrepreneurship that I've read. Gilder is very thorough in dealing with this topic and he incorporates many references from other noted authors and explains why their theorys are valid or invalid. He supports his theory with many examples - some in great detail - over decades and many major economic events. One of the most eye-opening revelations to me was learning what some of the current economic thought leaders are teaching and preaching in some of the most prestigious institutions - and it is so contrary to reason and common sense that I struggle to think how anyone could embrace that thinking. But once you accept that most of the current government elite have been educated with those errant theories, you can understand why the current policies have been put in place, and why they are having such a damaging effect on our economy.
Gilder, on the other hand puts up such a strong case for his theory of Knowledge that anyone of sound common sense will agree that it is indeed the truth - the way things actually operate. It's reality, and it supported thoughts I've held for many years. It is a bit lofty and abstract at times and I was glad to have read it on my Kindle, because Gilder's vocabulary far exceeds mine, but I was able to keep up with the help of the built in dictionary. I wish everyone who truly wants to see America succeed would read this book. This should be required reading for every elected official and college student. We need an electorate in the United States that is soundly educated in Economics, among other subjects, or I fear for our future. I hope this book serves to elevate the Economic I.Q. of our country.

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Important extension to the theory of economics

July 8, 2013

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The "science" of economics is far from settled, especially because the role of the entrepreneur does not even appear in traditional economics. Gilder is a gifted writer and has a good nose for finding important new developments. Some of his applications of information theory are not very well nailed down, but his insights are genuinely new and point to a new direction to extend economics out of its current "equilibrium seeking" prison to take into account innovation. Since any layman observer can see that innovations are what drive the economy's growth, it is time for the economists to add entrepreneurs to their thinking and realize that a healthy economy is always out of equilibrium because of the input of entrepreneurs.

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Still brilliant after all these years

In the spring of 1982 I studied Gilder's Wealth and Poverty as a freshman Economics student at Vanderbilt University. Right away I was hooked. I've never quit following his work.Read more

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