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
Sums up all these various subjects through the exposition of information theory, which i think is the major scientific breakthrough of the century, the information theory, behind all our technologies, and i believe its best explained our economy. Host do you identify as an author or identify as a consultant or what . Guest im not a consultant. Although, clayton christian, the 27th most influential consultant. He used to be a partner of mine. So its but im chiefly a writer, but i also have been an investor, and im a venture capitalist, and im serious about that work, which has supported me as much as my books over the years. Host whats been your best seller . Guest my best seller was wealth and poverty which made me president reagans most quoted living author. What are some of the things you have invested in that have succeeded . Guest well, a company which is the leading Knowledge Network company, creates its a Software Program that connects you to consultants, and they signed up hundr
Host hello. Its a pleasure to be here today to talk about your new book the health gap. Youve written extensively around the social determinants of health for a long time, and i wanted to start by reading a quick quote from the end of the book but i think it gets us off to a good place. The different power, material, health and creates health and equity. They take different forms of local monopoly and high income country but the general approach to promoting the just distribution of health is similar. Its similarly about health. Can you tell us a little bit about what this means and why you decided to write this book now . Guest when you run the two words health and care together. I spend little time talking about health care in the book because what i say it is when people get sick they need access to highquality health care but its not a lack of healthcare that caused the illness in the first place. Its the lack of access and insults to the injury of getting sick. So i very much push
Please join us outside of either book and get inside. Thank you so much [applause]. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] it is their Nonfiction Author book you would like to see featured on book to be . Send us an email, book tv at cspan. Org. Tweet us apple tv. Or post a comment on our wall, facebook. Com book tv. George, how many books have you written. Guest 17, if if you count that is 18. Host what are the topics. Guest the topics have been politics, marriage and families,s tax, fcx, technology, microchips, life after television, the telecoms on, knowledge and power which i really think is a book of a few years ago that summed up all of these various subjects through the exposition of information clearing which i think is the major scientific breakthrough of the century. Behind all of our technology and i believe it is best explained in our economy. Host you identify as an author or what. Guest im i may be the 27th most influential but i am a writer but i also have been an investor.
Similar. Your book is about health. Its not specifically about health care. And its about equity. Can you tell us a little bit about what this means and why you decided to write this book now . Guest they run the two words health and care together. I spend very little time talking about health care in the book because what i say it is when people get sick they need access to highquality health care. But its not a lack of healthcare that caused the illness in the first place. A lack of access adds insult to the injury of getting sick in those places. So, im very much pushing the idea that although healthcare is a vital issue and the worlds discovered universal healthcare coverage which is great, and the u. S. Is trying to do something about serving the under terms in terms of access to healthcare, i am talking about the way we organize our affairs in society which impact on health and the unFair Distribution judged by reasonable means to be avoidable. The reason i read the book now is i