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Ep. 1572 Appeasing the Left...

01.18.2020

In this potpourri solo episode I hit on several issues. First, is it fair to draw conclusions about Bernie Sanders and his campaign on the basis of violent, pro-gulag remarks from one of his field coordinators (as recorded by Project ...

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01.18.2020 Ep. 1572 Appeasing the Left Is a Fool's Errand In this potpourri solo episode I hit on several issues. First, is it fair to draw conclusions about Bernie Sanders and his campaign on the basis of violent, pro-gulag remarks from one of his field coordinators (as recorded by Project ...
01.17.2020 Ep. 1571 Can You Avoid Being a "Wage Slave"? Last week a discussion thread in my Supporting Listeners group discussed the pros and cons of traditional employment versus working for oneself, particularly online. Good points were raised all around, so I decided to continue the discussion on this episode, ...
01.16.2020 Ep. 1570 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the American Economic Association Meeting Mark Skousen, an author and college professor whose investment newsletter Forecasts & Strategies is celebrating its 40th year, joins me to discuss what he saw at the recent American Economic Association meeting, including some 41 sessions on gender bias and ...
01.15.2020 Ep. 1569 Murray Rothbard and the Betrayal of the American Right The Betrayal of the American Right is a book that appeared more than a decade after the death of its author, Murray N. Rothbard, known in his lifetime as "Mr. Libertarian." I had the privilege of writing the introduction to ...
01.14.2020 Ep. 1568 Scott Horton on the Killing of Soleimani The strike that took out Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was cheered by a great many Americans, including some who ordinarily speak out against the U.S. government's foreign interventions. If this wasn't a righteous killing, what would be? Scott Horton joins ...
01.11.2020 Ep. 1567 Jeff Deist on the Trouble with Libertarian Technocrats Jeff and I talk about a much-discussed recent article by George Mason University's Tyler Cowen, which finds merit in the market system but insists we recognize and appreciate the value of the state. Well, we ain't doing it.
01.10.2020 Ep. 1566 The Trump Episode Jeff Deist and I discuss the Trump phenomenon, the U.S. political establishment, and what a post-Trump Republican Party will look like.
01.09.2020 Ep. 1565 Decentralization and Secession: Jeff Deist on the Only Way Forward When people have radically incompatible worldviews, is it sensible or humane to try to govern them all according to the same set of rules? Yet neither progressives nor conservatives stop to consider decentralization, the only approach that can possibly work. ...
01.08.2020 Ep. 1564 Jeff Deist on Libertarianism and Its Deformation Jeff Deist week continues with this discussion of the fundamentals of libertarianism, and how it's been transformed into a bizarre mutation of its former self.
01.06.2020 Ep. 1563 Untold Stories from Ron Paul's Congressional Office We kick off Jeff Deist week on the Tom Woods Show with an episode on Ron Paul and what it was like to work in his congressional office, as Jeff himself did as the former congressman's chief of staff. Juicy ...
01.01.2020 Ep. 1562 The Anti-Libertarian Character Assassins, and How to Smash Them As we wind up what's been a great 2019 for the Tom Woods Show I turn my attention briefly to the "libertarian socialist" phenomenon and the problem of establishment-friendly libertarianism, which consists of people who have no idea what it's ...
12.31.2019 Ep. 1561 Bogus History Makes for Disastrous Policy: 2008 Edition Hayek said that if we misunderstand history and draw the wrong lessons from it, we will make the wrong decisions in the present. This is why even now, over a decade later, it is still essential that we understand and ...
12.28.2019 Ep. 1560 Peter Schiff, Gene Epstein, and More on What's to Come in 2020 Immediately after the New York City premiere of our documentary, The Housing Bubble, we were joined by an all-star panel of commentators, including Gene, Peter, and several other important voices. We discussed the true lessons of the 2008 crisis, and ...
12.22.2019 Ep. 1559 Debate Episode: Lew Rockwell and I Review the Democratic Field Last night's debate at Loyola Marymount University saw the candidates rather more combative with each other than they'd been up to now. Lew and I have our usual fun reviewing the proceedings!
12.20.2019 Ep. 1558 What Just Happened in U.K. Politics Entrepreneur Toby Baxendale joins me to talk about Labour's crushing defeat in the recent elections and what to expect from Boris Johnson and his party.
12.19.2019 Ep. 1557 Scott Horton on Lies of Afghanistan The Washington Post recently released a substantial array of documents showing that the war in Afghanistan has been accompanied by lies and distortion, particularly about the war's progress and success. Scott Horton, who literally wrote the book on the war ...
12.18.2019 Ep. 1556 What's the Correct Strategy Against a Hostile Regime? Very refreshing to see, of all places, the Claremont Review of Books trumpeting decentralization and nullification as the correct approaches against a hostile regime. I spend this episode elaborating on these important points, which are ignored by the conservative movement ...
12.15.2019 Ep. 1555 Crucial Advice Libertarians Need to Heed, Gene Epstein Edition As we wrap up Gene Epstein week, Gene offers various nuggets of wisdom for libertarians which, if followed, will contribute to a happy and successful life.
12.14.2019 Ep. 1554 What Books Should Libertarians Read? Gene Suggests These I couldn't resist asking Gene Epstein, who was once book review editor for Barron's, to share with us and discuss some of the books that have shaped his thinking as a libertarian, so here we go!
12.13.2019 Ep. 1553 Gene Slices and Dices Common Errors (Even Ones Libertarians Make) This episode is devoted to Gene's intellectual hobby horses – and he has a bunch of them.
12.11.2019 Ep. 1552 The Most Implausible Libertarian Conversion of All Time As Gene Epstein week continues, I ask Gene to discuss how he moved away from leftism and toward libertarianism. His answer, although honest, is also quite preposterous, and serves to highlight the unique qualities for which we love Gene. Show ...
12.10.2019 Ep. 1551 Gene Epstein Week Begins: "Mommy Was a Commie" Gene Epstein joins me for a week of episodes on the Tom Woods Show. Gene is former economics and book review editor for Barron's, and currently serves as director of , a debate series in New York City. We begin ...
12.07.2019 Ep. 1550 Michael Malice on Anarchism and Emma Goldman Michael and I discuss some of the work of Emma Goldman, the left-wing anarchist who held many objectionable and even preposterous views, but who was a genuinely interesting thinker who defied cookie-cutter classification.
12.06.2019 Ep. 1549 A Case for Optimism for 2020: Tech, Finance, Education, Career Mitchell Earl of Crash.co joins me to make a case for optimism going into 2020, especially around careers, education, tech, and finance.
12.05.2019 Ep. 1548 David Stockman on Impeachment, the Democrats, the Fed, and More David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan and a critic of Donald Trump, joins me to discuss what he considers the Democrats' laughable case for impeachment, plus the likely Democratic nominee, and how the ...
12.04.2019 Ep. 1547 The Country Where Libertarian Thought Is Thriving How do we account for the impressive spread of libertarian and specifically Misesian thought in Brazil? This phenomenon has been ongoing for years now, so I've invited Raphael Lima, whose massive YouTube channel has helped to fuel this trend, to ...
12.03.2019 Ep. 1546 Another Multimillionaire Who Didn't Use His College Training Aidan Booth pursued an engineering degree in New Zealand, but went on to excel as an entrepreneur in fields for which he never received formal training. Now in his mid-30s, Booth has employees, facilities, and investment properties all over the ...
11.29.2019 Ep. 1545 What Is the Impeachment Really All About? Daniel McCarthy, editor of Modern Age, joins me to discuss recent articles of his, including in the New York Times, on the Democratic primary, the Democrats' battle plan with regard to Donald Trump, and whether Trump did anything involving Ukraine ...
11.28.2019 Ep. 1544 Drug Decriminalization Picks Up Steam, and Other Items from the Mises Caucus Michael Heise of the Libertarian Party's Mises Caucus joins me to discuss recent developments, including some Second Amendment and drug decriminalization efforts the caucus has been supporting.
11.27.2019 Ep. 1543 Did America Have a Christian Founding? Mark David Hall has written an important book on a topic that both sides of the debate tend to treat superficially. We discuss whether the United States can be said to have had a "Christian founding," what such a thing ...
11.27.2019 Ep. 1542 Do You Really Own Your Home? It would seem that the right to rent out your property on terms you see fit follows naturally from your ownership of the property. But from the state's point of view, that is not so. Tim Brochu of joins me ...
11.26.2019 Ep. 1541 The Ugly History of Taxation For thousands of years, taxation has shaped history both openly and in ways that are more obscure. Dominic Frisby takes us through a whirlwind tour of the history of taxation, full of outrage and insight, and stories even diehard libertarians ...
11.23.2019 Ep. 1540 The Horton/Woods Liberty Battle Plan Scott Horton and I lay out our battle plan for the next year. We can't do it without you good listeners, though.
11.22.2019 Ep. 1539 Lew and Tom Dissect the Democrats I think this is the best debate analysis Lew Rockwell and I have done yet this election season. We look pro and con at Tulsi Gabbard's performance in particular, but everyone gets subjected to the Woods/Rockwell treatment.
11.21.2019 Ep. 1538 Socialist Runs into Buzzsaw Gene Epstein's recently hosted a debate between Gene himself and Richard Wolff, the Marxist professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts. The resolution under debate was, "Socialism is preferable to capitalism as an economic system that promotes freedom, ...
11.20.2019 Ep. 1537 Scott Horton on War Propaganda, and What to Do I was blown away at the Ron Paul Symposium in Lake Jackson, Texas, on November 9, 2019, when libertarian foreign policy expert Scott Horton took the stage. Brilliant, powerful, devastating, irrefutable. So much did I love it that I'm making ...
11.16.2019 Ep. 1536 My Acceptance Speech: The Beautiful Vision of Austrian Economics On November 14, 2019, in Vienna, I received the 2019 Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austrian Economics Center, where such figures as Peter Thiel, Arthur Laffer, and Deirdre McCloskey have likewise been honored. The speech conferring the award on ...
11.14.2019 Ep. 1535 Ron Paul: What My Presidency Would Have Been Like At the 's recent (November 2019) event in Lake Jackson, Texas, I had a chance to interview Ron Paul before a live audience, for this episode of the podcast. The theme of the event was "State Propaganda and the 2020 ...
11.13.2019 Ep. 1534 Entrepreneurs Aren't So Great; They Just Have Daddy's Money, Says Progressive Peter Klein and I review an article claiming that entrepreneurship is largely about privilege, and (implicitly) that we should be less impressed by entrepreneurs. Daddy's money is what makes it possible, in other words. Peter and I review what's right ...
11.13.2019 Ep. 1533 The Early Republic: Can We Learn Anything for Today? Brad and I geek out on American history as we discuss themes and personalities from his new course for Liberty Classroom on the period 1807-1820. To get Brad's course, along with our 24 other courses, join . (Be sure to ...
11.12.2019 Ep. 1532 How One Man Is Neutralizing the Drug War Chris Dreisbach, CEO of Blueprints for Addiction Recovery, is saving accused drug offenders from prison and helping them avoid having their lives ruined. It is a great, important, and virtually unknown story.
11.09.2019 Ep. 1531 Epstein Didn't Kill Himself Whitney Webb is a journalist who has done important work on the Jeffrey Epstein case for . She joins me to discuss the true nature of Epstein's operation, and the dubious story that he "committed suicide".
11.08.2019 Ep. 1530 Principle or Bust: Jacob Hornberger on his LP Presidential Campaign Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of , returns to the show to discuss his run for the 2020 Libertarian Party presidential nomination. He says he'll stick to libertarian principle come what may, even on the tough issues. He also discusses ...
11.07.2019 Ep. 1529 Lew Rockwell: Against the Left Lew and I discuss his new book Against the Left, which makes the case that although threats to liberty exist across the ideological spectrum, there is something uniquely evil about the left that makes it a particular danger.
11.06.2019 Ep. 1528 Public Goods, Education, and Other Excuses for State Power Richard Ebeling joins me to discuss some of the tough questions libertarians face.
11.05.2019 Ep. 1527 Entrepreneur Says This Is Last Straw, Becomes Libertarian Today I welcome to the show multimillionaire internet marketer Michael Cheney, one of the kings of email and of sales. he's recently joined the libertarian community, which has welcomed him with open arms. I hope you find his journey there ...
11.02.2019 Ep. 1526 The Crazed Theodore Roosevelt Libertarian historian Ralph Raico warned that we should always be suspicious of presidents who are "beloved." Theodore Roosevelt was one such figure. Today's episode discusses TR's view of the presidency, foreign policy, and more.
11.01.2019 Ep. 1525 Mises vs. the Civilization Destroyers Ludwig von Mises devoted a section of his book Socialism to what he called "destructionism." Destructionism, like socialism itself, builds nothing. It lives off the accumulated wealth created by a society based on private property. And it is immensely popular, ...
10.30.2019 Ep. 1524 The Constitution a Coup? Patrick Newman joins me once again to discuss a brand new book by Murray Rothbard, the prolific economist and historian who died in 1995. We cover the process of deciphering Rothbard's notoriously illegible handwriting, and also the contents themselves: Rothbard's ...
10.30.2019 Ep. 1523 How the Best Capitalists Create Tribes of Rabid Fans Libertarian podcaster and successful entrepreneur Jason Stapleton joins me for a discussion not just of entrepreneurship, but of how it is that some people manage to build followings of rabid, unfailingly loyal fans. What are they doing right? What do ...

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