greatest books i put together, lecture notes over 20 years when i taught economics and ethics at randolph macon. basic thesis i went on the republican creed in virginia, basically american creed. since then i went a little 30,000-foot up in the air, and tend instead to the three pillars that have made our civilization the greatest i think the greatest country on earth. three pillars that hold the foundation, and include not surprisingly the judeo-christian tradition. i went to princeton seminary before economics. and studied hebrew for kicks. the judeo-christian tradition lead into the second, the rule of law, and then we did in 7076, also i don't know if by divine intervention or not, you can make up your own mind, travis smith, the founder of free economics, across the pond in england, scotland, doing economics and ethics as well. used to share a moral philosophy. a lot of great thinkers weaving together religion, philosophy, economics, political theology. in the past not so many doing it today. so that's kind of why these books in for my reading list. next was given to me by a 4-star general