This episode is my appearance on the “Reformed Financial Advisor” podcast to discuss the “Saylor Series” and the backstory of how I came to be the editor. I’ve been waiting for months to announce this! I have had the immense privilege of working with well-known podcaster Robert Breedlove (who’s “What Is Money?” show…
If you’re looking to read something that generates powerful feelings of nostalgia and wanderlust, this is the book for you. The story of June and Farrar Burn is incredible. Our culture has changed so much since the 1920s and 30s; no longer could you traipse all over the country with no money, jobs, plans or…
Summary: This book does a great job of fulfilling the promise of its subtitle. Until recently, most American’s investment activity involved saving cash and paying into their permanent life insurance policies that promised a guaranteed death benefit passed to their heirs. The concept of retirement is rooted in a social engineering experiment from Europe that…
Today’s guest is George Gilder, a prolific author, economist, investor, and techno-futurist. In the 1970s Gilder wrote a controversial book about gender roles in society, originally titled Sexual Suicide, but later revised and reissued under the title Men and Marriage. In the 1980s, as an articulator and defender of Supply-Side Economics, he became known as…
Talk about an enticing sub-title! This book started off strong–with a fantastic and insightful analogy involving Uber and Taylor Swift–but got bogged down in repetitive and occasionally confusing detail. I’m not sure why, but I had a very difficult time concentrating while reading it. Tamny carves out some intriguing positions about the Federal Reserve and…
In this episode Seth and Josh discuss Alan Jacobs’ recent book, “How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds.” Jacobs is Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a Resident Fellow of Baylor’s Institute for the Studies of Religion. He has written widely on…
