The Tom Woods Show

About the Guest

James 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
BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, at Wake Forest University

Books by the Guest

The End of Socialism
What Adam Smith Knew: Moral Lessons on Capitalism from Its Greatest Champions and Fiercest Opponents

Guest’s Twitter

@jroii

Related Episodes

Ep. 337: The Fatal Errors of Socialism (James Otteson)
Ep. 325: Are Corporations Un-Libertarian? (Stephan Kinsella)
Ep. 119: The Environment and the Market (Walter Block)

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Host of This Event

Mises Institute

Related Article

What Austrian Economics Can Teach Historians,” by Tom Woods (Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, vol. 11. no. 3, 2008)

Resource

LearnAustrianEconomics.com

Resource Page

World War II and American Prosperity (smashes this myth)

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About the Guest

Michael 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
The Legal Autonomy of the Dubai International Financial Centre: A Scalable Strategy for Global Free-Market Reforms,” by Michael John Strong and Robert Himber

Guest’s Book

Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems

Guest’s Website

Radical Social Entrepreneurs

Guest’s Blog

The Purpose of Education

Guest’s Twitter

@flowidealism

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Article Discussed

The Keynesian Multiplier Concept Ignores Crucial Opportunity Costs,” by William J. Boyes

Guest’s Website

Center for the Study of Economic Liberty

Related Episodes

Ep. 118: Boom and Bust: The Cause (David Howden)
Ep. 24: Keynes and His Errors (G.P. Manish)

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Woods Book Mentioned

The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (10th Anniversary Edition)

Other Books Discussed

Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt

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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)
Ep. 54: Pope Francis on Capitalism

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Direct download: woods_03_11_2015_2.mp3
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Topics Discussed

  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The New Deal
  • Anttitrust
  • Monopoly
  • The Marshall Plan

Host of This Event

Mises Institute

Book Mentioned

Capitalism and the Historians, ed. F.A. Hayek

Related Episodes

Ep. 273: The Case Against Antitrust (Tom DiLorenzo)
Ep. 248: One Year of the Tom Woods Show! Tom Takes on More Myths
Ep. 237: Why Are We So Rich? (Deirdre McCloskey)
Ep. 232: The Robber Barons and Monopoly
Ep. 97: New Deal or Raw Deal? (Burton Folsom)

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Direct download: woods_03_06_2015_2.mp3
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Are we making progress, holding steady, or retrogressing? Frank Karsten returns to make the case for libertarian optimism!

About the Guest

Frank 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 Mentioned

Beyond 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 Mentioned

Ron Paul Homeschool Curriculum

Guest’s Website

BeyondDemocracy.net

Guest’s Twitter

@FrankKarsten

Books Recommended by the Guest

The Ultimate Resource 2, by Julian Simon
It’s Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years, by Stephen Moore
The Skeptical Environmentalist, by Bjørn Lomborg
In Defense of Global Capitalism, by Johan Norberg

Related Episode

Ep. 156: Against the Catastrophists (Robert Bryce)

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Guest’s Website

Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity

Guest’s Twitter

@DanielLMcAdams
@RonPaulInstitut

Guest’s Facebook

Ron Paul Institute

Articles Mentioned

Netanyahu and the Crumbling Israeli Lobby,” by Jon Basil Utley
Factchecking Netanyahu: An Annotated Guide to the Israeli P.M.’s Speech to Congress

Video Series Mentioned

Ron Paul Liberty Report (click here for a recent episode)

Special Offers

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Direct download: woods_03_04_2015_2.mp3
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Book Discussed

Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America, by James Ostrowski

Book Mentioned

Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion, by Tom Woods

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Guest’s Website

LibertyMovement.org

Guest’s Twitter

@JimOstrowski

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Direct download: woods_03_03_2015_2.mp3
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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
The Myth of Natural Monopoly,” by Thomas J. DiLorenzo (PDF)

Episodes Mentioned

Ep. 91: No, Marx Was Wrong (Peter Klein)
Ep. 90: Was Marx Right? (Peter Klein)

Related Episodes

Ep. 333: Could There Have Been an Internet without the State? (Richard Bennett)
Ep. 174: Net Neutrality: A Libertarian View (Berin Szoka)

Guest’s Facebook

Professor Peter G. Klein

Guest’s Twitter

@PeterGKlein

Guest’s Professional Page

Peter G. Klein

Guest’s Blog

Organizations and Markets

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Direct download: woods_03_02_2015_2.mp3
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