We can run society according to the rules of private property and freedom, or we can run it by bureaucratic decree, and the covid episode reminded us of just how important that choice is.
Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Tom Woods, a senior fellow of the Mises Institute, received the Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award, given in Vienna by the Hayek Institute and the Austrian Economics Center, in 2019. He is the author of 13 books, most recently Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania.
Tom’s other books include the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History and Meltdown (on the financial crisis, featuring a foreword by Ron Paul). His book The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy won the $50,000 first prize in the Templeton Enterprise Awards.
Tom’s articles have appeared in dozens of popular and scholarly periodicals, and his books have been translated into a dozen languages.
Tom hosts the Tom Woods Show, a libertarian podcast with thousands of episodes, and he created hundreds of videos in history for the Ron Paul homeschool curriculum.