Marriage on the oneyear anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, and america has drifted from the founders original ideas of liberty and justice. And those are just a few of the authors on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] were going to get started. I have a lot of books to mention, so i want to make sure i get them right. Thanks for all being here, and thanks especially to the folks on our panel, mark, steve and george. Were really pleased that youre here. The last theres been a lot of talk about that over the last generation, maybe the last 40 years really highlights the challenges of measuring economic values. A lot of people take the view there hasnt been much progress, much growth in incomes, economic stagnation over that period of time. And i often try to put the lie to that assertion by asking people whether theyre low income, midd
That ive been thinking about for a really long time. Before i was a fulltime author, i was a High School Computer science teacher. I taught for 17 years at a high school in oakland, and i would teach in this really visual way. I would do a lot of drawing on the board to explain to my students. I always thought, man, a lot of this could really work well in a graphic novel series. I teamed up with a friend of mine named mike holmes, and together we are trying to introduce fundamental Computer Science concepts to middle school kids through comics. Host how did you go from a High School Teacher to a National Book award nominee . [laughter] guest its kind of crazy. Each when i was a fulltime teacher, i would do comics at night, in the morning, in the summers host did you think they could be published . Guest it was for me. Host really . Guest i never thought itd be a source of income. Some people, you know, play golf to relax, and that costs a lot of money. Im going to publish comics to rel
Have you always been a reader . Yes, i have always been a reader. Science fiction has always been ply favorite followed by the political thriller genre. Does it help you in your work here . It it helps me unwind. There is a lot of reading to be done here but it is all bills and reports and nonfiction. One is the redistribution by the university of chicago professor who dives into the incentives that show americans not to work too hard. The other is the scandal of money by george guilder. He is from wealth and poverty. It deals with the Federal Reserve is right now making the wealthier People Better off but the policies over the last six years in particular have kind of hurt the average guy. This week on q a, Robert Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan discusses his book, in europes shadow two cold wars and a 30year journey through romania and beyond. Cspan you start in the proto logging by talking about books prologue by talking about books. Why . Guest because i think the ultimate goal of travel is to
Television report and it comes on and a young buddy says we feel like we are living in a war zone. And felt like we need an organization. First we have to see what is happening here. When you are sick, surgery is required. The operation is to unite ourselves. And the uniting point would be saving the youth. We utilize our ability and economic input to help existing organizations in the community. That is the bases of it. You write about a lot of athletes having charities and foundations because your tax break wasnt high. It is easy and cool to give out turkey and give out school items. But what are we doing on the 95 bases . My position now is the way the world is now we are not on this every day, 24 7, man, i got to worry about my children. I have four boys and my baby is four years old. I know there is work to do and work has to be done. You have to be courageous and get out of the way. If you are not willing to stand n oon the things and principles that need to be stood on right now
Host George Gilder how many books have you written . Guest 17 that won its 18th. Host what are the topics . Guest politics politics, marriage and family, sex, money family, sex, money, wealth, poverty, a technology technology, microchips, life after television. Knowledge and power which i really think is my books that sums up all the various subjects through the exposition of the information theory which is of major scientific breakthrough of the century is information theory behind all of our technology and i think the best explains our economy. Host du a device as an author or consultant . I am not a consultant paul lai was named the 27th most influential consultant. They used to be a partner of mine. But i am chiefly a writer but also i have been an investor in a venture capitalist. And i. M. Serious about that it has supported me as much as my books over the years. Host which is your best seller . Wealth and poverty president reagans most quoted living offer. Host as a venture capi