{"product_id":"the-israel-test-how-israels-genius-enriches-and-challenges-the-world-9781641774277","title":"The Israel Test: How Israel's Genius Enriches and Challenges the World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Gilder's originality, plus the sheer force of his enthusiasm for the extraordinary virtues of the beleaguered Jewish state, sweep away the prevailing vitriol and make for a book that is nothing less than thrilling to read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Norman Podhoretz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this timely and courageous book, George Gilder demonstrates that the widespread antagonism toward the state of Israel is based - as is anti-Semitism itself - on self-defeating envy and resentment of its superior accomplishments and moral leadership. \u003cbr\u003eIsrael's stunning rise as a world capitalist and technological power, he argues, stems in part from the Jewish \"culture of mind\" and in part from Judaism itself, which encourages intellectual curiosity and rational analysis while providing a rigorous moral framework for entrepreneurial creativity. Israel's critics throughout the Middle East and in Western Europe - all facing socialist decline - have failed the \"Israel Test\" because they seek to destroy Israel's capitalist success rather than to emulate it.America's continued support for Western Civilization in the Middle East will define our future survival as a nation. \"If Israel is destroyed,\" Gilder predicts, \"capitalist Europe will likely die as well, and America, the epitome of productive and creative capitalism spurred by its own Jewish citizens, will be in grave moral and economic jeopardy.\"At a time when ignorant students and overtly anti-Semitic politicians champion Israel's murderous enemies and rush to abandon Israel, Gilder's clarity of vision makes \u003ci\u003eThe Israel Test\u003c\/i\u003e required reading not only for college students, but also for policy-makers in Washington, and throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Gilder's \u003c\/b\u003ebooks have sold more than two million copies worldwide. In \u003ci\u003eWealth and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most influential works of our time, Gilder made the moral case for capitalist creativity. In \u003ci\u003eSpirit of Enterprise, Microcosm, Telecosm, Life After Television, Life After Google\u003c\/i\u003e, a bestseller in both the US and China, and \u003ci\u003eLife After Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Gilder achieved renown as a stunningly accurate prophet of the direction of technology development and enterprise, including Israel's promethean contributions. With \u003ci\u003eMen \u0026amp; Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, republished in 2024, he maintained a half century of rare insight in social theory. Long a contributing editor to Forbes magazine, Gilder has produced the annual Gilder\/Forbes Telecosm Conference, now called COSM, offering leading edge forecasts and analysis from the world's top technology firms and research centers. Gilder also heads Gilder Technology Group, focusing on breakthrough technologies, and writes or edits four investment letters for Eagle Publishing. In 1986 President Ronald Reagan presented Gilder the White House Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence. A founding fellow of the Discovery Institute in Seattle, he writes for such national publications as The \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eNew Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eAmerican Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClaremont Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Encounter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894677311762,"sku":"9781641774277","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a914a827-0ea1-43be-b082-0e39ff559b5b.jpg?v=1738258207","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-israel-test-how-israels-genius-enriches-and-challenges-the-world-9781641774277","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}