Its all based ultimately on affirmation theory, and what this book does is show that information theory is the foundation of capitalism. That capitalism is not cheaply an incentive system as most people believe, driven by greed or whenever. It is an Information System driven to create knowledge, and all wealth consists of knowledge. Thomas soul, years ago, pointed out that the neanderthal in his cave had all of the Natural Resources and all the physical appetites that we have today. The difference between us and him is, we know more. Host when you talk about an affirmation. And information economics, what exactly do you mean . Guest there is a revolution and mathematics and that 20thcentury that a lot of people have not yet grasped. It was launched by einsteins best friend. He would walk to work with einstein for ten years, 20 years in princeton. And he proved that to any logical system, including mathematics, is dependent on axioms that it cannot prove. Last year Steven Lambert said t
[inaudible] when it comes to debt what is the authors motive, do you think . The theme is what he calls [inaudible] hes very interested in the way social issues develop spontaneously. He was interested because it was a town which [inaudible] hes outside any government jurisdiction. And normally think that produce anarchy and produce at love violence and dangerous things. What he wanted to show in that program is how people for example a mining town even in the ab sen of government they are able to establish property rights. Very much like john. And trying to bring together the aspect and philosophy and high culture and things i think unjustly think of low culture today. Well, speaking of pardon me, low culture. You have written about gill gill yes. I offered it as microcawfm of american democracy. That examined the various claim to rule or stand out in america the case of how the skippers military presence, the professors intelligence, and if shows that the man he really was representa
Television shows of the past decade. This is 20 minutes. And now on book tv we want to introduce you to university of virginia professor paul cantor who is also an author. Professor, before we get into your most recent book, what do you teach at the university of virginia . Guest i teach World Literature all the way from homer. I teach a course called fiction vampire. Kipling, all the books that came out of the british empire. A lot of different things. Also shakespeare. Mostly about shakespeare. Host can you make connections between all of those . Guest that is my perfection profession. Host what is one of the connections that you make . Guest i am generally interested in politics and how people perceive politics. These things go all the way from homer to the american western. So i have an essay that compares the great trilogy. And theyre both stories about revenge the stories the restore the boundaries between civilization, barbarism. Im really interested in how things change over ti
More evidence out today there will be no secondhalf economic rebound. Does that push the fed taper way back . Might your Mortgage Rates be coming back down . All those stories and more coming up on the kudlow report, beginning right now. This is the kudlow report. First up, the u. S. Getting closer and closer to military intervention. Secretary of state john kerry left little room for doubt. Nbc newss Steve Handelsman has the details. Good evening, larry. Keep in mind the United Nations investigation is not complete. This is the unilateral conclusion of the obama administration, presented dramatically today by a man not usually given to public shows of emotion, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry stating it is americas conclusion that syria used chemical weapons. And despite the excuses and equalify indications that some have manufactured, it is undeniable. President obama believes there must be accountable for those who would use the worlds most heinous weapons against the worlds most
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