Tue, 17 March 2015
About the GuestJames R. Otteson is executive director of the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, and Teaching Professor of Political Economy, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is also a Senior Scholar at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC, a Research Professor in the Freedom Center and Department of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in California. Professor Otteson was recently named the Thomas W. Smith Presidential Chair in Business Ethics at Wake Forest University School of Business. Guest’s Websites JamesOtteson.com Books by the Guest The End of Socialism Guest’s TwitterRelated Episodes Ep. 337: The Fatal Errors of Socialism (James Otteson) Special OffersIf you enjoy the Tom Woods Show, my new book — Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion — is for you. Check it out! And get a free copy of the audiobook version, with me reading it, at TomWoodsAudio.com. Like the new TomWoods.com? It was designed by my friends at Studio 1 Design. They’ve agreed to give my listeners 10% off any design project through this special link. |
Mon, 16 March 2015
Host of This EventRelated Article“What Austrian Economics Can Teach Historians,” by Tom Woods (Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, vol. 11. no. 3, 2008) ResourceResource PageWorld War II and American Prosperity (smashes this myth) Special OffersLearn the history and economics they didn’t teach you, from professors you can trust and in courses you can listen to on the go at my Liberty Classroom. Plus live Q&A sessions, recommended readings, and more. Join us, using coupon code SHOW (all caps) for a special discount. Here are 26 reasons to adopt Ron Paul’s homeschool curriculum today (and 4 not to). I am producing courses for this curriculum. Sign up through this link and I’ll send you a FREE 10-lesson bonus course on the foundations of liberty, in time for the 2015-2016 academic year! Just drop me a line once you’ve signed up and I’ll get it to you. |
Fri, 13 March 2015
About the GuestMichael Strong is an author, a co-founder of Radical Social Entrepreneurs, and the founder of numerous Socratic, Montessori, and Paideia schools. Article Discussed“My Libertarian Vacation Nightmare: How Ayn Rand, Ron Paul and Their Groupies Were All Debunked,” by Edwin Lyngar Articles in Favor of Free Zones “The Blank Slate State,” by Brian Doherty Guest’s BookBe the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems Guest’s WebsiteGuest’s BlogGuest’s TwitterSpecial OffersIf you enjoy the Tom Woods Show, my new book — Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion — is for you. Check it out! And get a free copy of the audiobook version, with me reading it, at TomWoodsAudio.com. Like the new TomWoods.com? It was designed by my friends at Studio 1 Design. They’ve agreed to give my listeners 10% off any design projectthrough this special link. |
Thu, 12 March 2015
Article Discussed“The Keynesian Multiplier Concept Ignores Crucial Opportunity Costs,” by William J. Boyes Guest’s WebsiteCenter for the Study of Economic Liberty Related Episodes Ep. 118: Boom and Bust: The Cause (David Howden) Special OffersLearn the history and economics they didn’t teach you, from professors you can trust and in courses you can listen to on the go at my Liberty Classroom. Plus live Q&A sessions, recommended readings, and more. Join us, using coupon code SHOW (all caps) for a special discount. Here are 26 reasons to adopt Ron Paul’s homeschool curriculum today (and 4 not to). I am producing courses for this curriculum. Sign up through this linkand I’ll send you a FREE 10-lesson bonus course on the foundations of liberty, in time for the 2015-2016 academic year! Just drop me a line once you’ve signed up and I’ll get it to you. |
Wed, 11 March 2015
Woods Book MentionedThe Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (10th Anniversary Edition) Other Books DiscussedEconomics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy, ed. Philip Booth (this book contains my essay on the living wage; click here to download a free PDF of the whole book) Related Episodes Ep. 179: The Late Scholastics: Christians for Freedom (Alejandro Chafuen) Special OffersNeed inexpensive web hosting? Get a discounted rate at Bluehost — just $3.95 per month! — for TomWoods.com visitors by using this special link. Here are 26 reasons to adopt Ron Paul’s K-12 homeschool curriculum today (and 4 not to). I produce courses for this curriculum. Sign up through this linkand I’ll send you a FREE 10-lesson bonus course on the foundations of liberty, in time for the 2015-2016 academic year! Just drop me a line once you’ve signed up and I’ll get it to you. Disclosure: Some of the links on this page, like the Amazon links above, are affiliate links, which means I earn a commission if you click through and buy something. So if you do, do so in the happy knowledge that at no extra cost to yourself, you are helping the Tom Woods Show! |
Fri, 6 March 2015
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Host of This EventBook MentionedCapitalism and the Historians, ed. F.A. Hayek Related Episodes Ep. 273: The Case Against Antitrust (Tom DiLorenzo) Special OffersLearn the history and economics they didn’t teach you, from professors you can trust and in courses you can listen to on the go at my Liberty Classroom. Plus live Q&A sessions, recommended readings, and more. Join us, using coupon code SHOW (all caps) for a special discount. (This is not the same thing as the Ron Paul homeschool curriculum, on which more below.) Here are 26 reasons to adopt Ron Paul’s homeschool curriculum today (and 4 not to). I am producing courses for this curriculum. Sign up through this link and I’ll send you a FREE 10-lesson bonus course on the foundations of liberty, in time for the 2015-2016 academic year! Just drop me a line once you’ve signed up and I’ll get it to you. |
Thu, 5 March 2015
Are we making progress, holding steady, or retrogressing? Frank Karsten returns to make the case for libertarian optimism! About the GuestFrank Karsten is chairman of Mises Instituut Nederland and of the Stichting Meer Vrijheid (More Freedom Foundation), a Dutch libertarian organization which acts to reduce taxes and government intervention. Book MentionedBeyond Democracy: Why Democracy Does Not Lead to Solidarity, Prosperity and Liberty But to Social Conflict, Runaway Spending and a Tyrannical Government, by Frank Karsten and Karel Beckman Project MentionedRon Paul Homeschool Curriculum Guest’s WebsiteGuest’s TwitterBooks Recommended by the Guest The Ultimate Resource 2, by Julian Simon Related EpisodeEp. 156: Against the Catastrophists (Robert Bryce) Special OffersI’ve just released another free eBook: 14 Hard Questions for Libertarians — Answered. Click here to get your copy! Like the new TomWoods.com? It was designed by my friends at Studio 1 Design. They’ve agreed to give my listeners 10% off any design project through this special link. |
Wed, 4 March 2015
Guest’s WebsiteRon Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Guest’s Twitter @DanielLMcAdams Guest’s FacebookArticles Mentioned “Netanyahu and the Crumbling Israeli Lobby,” by Jon Basil Utley Video Series MentionedRon Paul Liberty Report (click here for a recent episode) Special OffersLearn the history and economics they didn’t teach you, from professors you can trust and in courses you can listen to on the go at my Liberty Classroom. Plus live Q&A sessions, recommended readings, and more. Join us, using coupon code SHOW (all caps) for a special discount. Here are 26 reasons to adopt Ron Paul’s homeschool curriculum today (and 4 not to). I am producing courses for this curriculum. Sign up through this link and I’ll send you a FREE 10-lesson bonus course on the foundations of liberty, in time for the 2015-2016 academic year! Just drop me a line once you’ve signed up and I’ll get it to you. |
Tue, 3 March 2015
Book DiscussedProgressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America, by James Ostrowski Book MentionedReal Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion, by Tom Woods Guest’s WebsiteGuest’s TwitterSpecial OffersLearn the history and economics they didn’t teach you, from professors you can trust and in courses you can listen to on the go at my Liberty Classroom. Plus live Q&A sessions, recommended readings, and more. Join us, using coupon code SHOW (all caps) for a special discount. Here are 26 reasons to adopt Ron Paul’s homeschool curriculum today (and 4 not to). I am producing courses for this curriculum. Sign up through this linkand I’ll send you a FREE 10-lesson bonus course on the foundations of liberty, in time for the 2015-2016 academic year! Just drop me a line once you’ve signed up and I’ll get it to you. |
Mon, 2 March 2015
What’s wrong with “net neutrality”? Economist Peter Klein joins us to discuss the bad economics behind this fashionable idea. Articles Mentioned “Government Did Invent the Internet, but the Market Made It Glorious,” by Peter G. Klein Episodes Mentioned Ep. 91: No, Marx Was Wrong (Peter Klein) Related Episodes Ep. 333: Could There Have Been an Internet without the State? (Richard Bennett) Guest’s FacebookGuest’s TwitterGuest’s Professional PageGuest’s BlogSpecial OffersI’ve just released another free eBook: 14 Hard Questions for Libertarians — Answered. Click here to get your copy! Like the new TomWoods.com? It was designed by my friends at Studio 1 Design. They’ve agreed to give my listeners 10% off any design projectthrough this special link. |