The Tom Woods Show (talk radio)

The late ex-Marxist Eugene Genovese famously confronted his fellow leftists over what he called The Question -- what they knew about communist atrocities and when they knew it. It's one of the most devastating articles I've ever read, and I review it in this episode.

Direct download: woods_07_22_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 2:35pm EDT

The outstanding economist and libertarian writer Gene Epstein describes his unlikely journey to libertarianism. If you don't know Gene yet, you're in for a real treat.

Direct download: woods_07_21_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:49pm EDT

Paul Krugman likes to claim that he correctly diagnosed what was happening to the economy and advocated the proper measures during the Bush years, leading up to the financial crisis. But put his words side by side with Ron Paul's, and we discover who the true expert is.

Direct download: woods_07_20_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 2:41pm EDT

The Iran nuclear deal is being heartily denounced by the GOP presidential field, Rand Paul included. What does the deal say, and why does Rand Paul oppose it? How does he distinguish himself from the field now? Scott Horton returns to discuss these and other important questions.

Direct download: woods_07_17_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 3:09pm EDT

Bob Murphy's new book Choice -- a digestible, easily understood overview of the arguments in Ludwig von Mises' Human Action -- is getting reviews as enthusiastic as any I have ever seen. We discuss the book, and controversial topics in Austrian economics, in today's episode!

Direct download: woods_07_16_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 2:32pm EDT

Capitalism is sometimes equated with "fascism" by some of its most visceral critics. But the whole point of fascism, as its architects explained again and again, was to produce an alternative to both communism and capitalism! In today's episode I spend some time discussing what it was like to be a businessman in Nazi Germany. It wasn't a laissez-faire paradise after all!

Direct download: woods_07_15_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 12:45pm EDT

Today I explore the egalitarian ideas of John Rawls, the enormously significant political thinker to whom so many social democratic theorists refer. In this episode I'm sharing with you a lesson from my government course for the Ron Paul Curriculum. Enjoy!

Direct download: woods_07_14_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 10:56am EDT

With the handing down of the Obergefell decision, the Fourteenth Amendment is back in the news. What was it really supposed to mean? Not what do some libertarians and conservatives wish it said, but what was it originally supposed to mean? Kevin Gutzman joins me for the answer.

Direct download: woods_07_13_2015_3.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 9:59pm EDT

Mises Institute senior fellow Mark Thornton reviews the cases of Portugal and Washington state: have the fears of the prohibitionists been realized?

Direct download: woods_07_10_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:02pm EDT

Nick Giambruno joins Tom to discuss the ongoing crisis in Greece, the state of the world's banking system, and more. Don't miss this episode!

Direct download: woods_07_09_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 2:01pm EDT