GC Recomended Authors List
 

when it comes to Economic, International Relations, Political Economy, and Political Science:

I'll start with some authors:

Hedley Bull
Antonio Gramsci
Milton Friedman
Frederich Hayek
Karl Marx
Karl Polanyi
Robert Gilpin
Adam Smith
Thomas Jefferson
Ernest Gellner
Ken Waltz

nobody else want to contribute?

The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison, & Jay
Plato
Aristotle
Machiavelli
Alexis De Tocqueville
Friedrich Nietzsche

John Stuart Mill

Ayn Rand

One of his famous quotes:

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

Harper Lee ~ To Kill A Mockingbird
John Steinbeck ~ Of Mice and Men
Zora Neale Hurston ~ Their Eyes Were Watching God

I've always thought The Mystery of Capital by De Soto was a pretty good read.

It's quite obvious since I'm the most well-read person on here.

-Rudey
--Just wanted to let you know

So what is your suggested reading list, well-read one?

Grab a list of the "great books" curriculum. Read it - in the original.

Most of what I read now are bizarre foreign books or really weird business and motivational books. Sometimes I pick up fun things like "Better Golf" but not too often.

-Rudey

The Savage Nation
 

I'm currently reading syndicated talk show host Michael Savage's The Savage Nation . It's very informative and well-written, but senisitive reader's beware, it's not PC at all, which is part of it's appeal. He tells it like it is, and it's full of humor.

Sun Tzu - The Art of War
von Clausewitz - On War

About von Clausewitz, many have argued that his centre of gravity theory no longer applies to current warfare. What do you think Russ?

I'm not an expert where I can really comment, but his military philosophy shaped warfare for a few centuries, and historically, is important.

What do you think?

Sun Tzu is my favorite because his Taoist perspective is relevant to everything.