The Free Market 14, no. 3 (March 1996) George Wallace’s famous contention that “there ain’t a dime’s worth of difference” between Democrats and Republicans has received ample corroboration since the 1994 elections. The $50 billion Mexican peso bailout, opposed by some 80% of Americans, has been only the most flagrant example of the real meaning
Tom Woods discusses the economics of the police state at last week’s Mises Cirlce in Houston. Recorded at the Mises Circle Southwest Regional in Houston, 18 January 2014. Includes an introduction by Jeff
In this article, Professor Thomas E. Woods Jr. offers a review of Ronald Steel’s Walter Lippmann and the American Century . Volume 15, Number 4 (2001) Woods, Thomas E. “Book Review: Ronald Steel, Walter Lippmann and the American Century .” Journal of Libertarian Studies 15, No. 4 (2001):
The War Between the States has been a source of controversy for some time among libertarians. Since the libertarian position acknowledges a right of secession, many libertarians have opposed Lincoln and sided with the South, at least on its right to withdraw peacefully from the Union. Others, however, appalled at the Southern slave system, have
In this article, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. reviews Alejando A. Chafuen’s Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics . Volume 19, Number 4 (2005) Woods, Thomas E. “Review of Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics by Alejandro Chafuen.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 19, No. 4 (2005):
As I posted at the LRC Blog , if there’s still anyone out there whose interest in Austrian economics has been piqued but who hasn’t pursued the matter, you really need to drop everything and get Gene Callahan’s Economics for Real People . When this book came out last year I meant to review it for an Internet outlet. It’s a perfect book for a
It is my personal opinion that MES ( previous edition , Scholar’s edition , or online ) should be read by everyone interested in learning about economics, and, by extension following Mises , this book should be read by everyone. It should also be at the top of your reading list. That is, read this book as soon in your education of economics as
The “libertarian socialists” have struck again. It began when a state Libertarian Party chapter posted a link to a court decision about an employer that did not allow its employees to have dreadlocks. This was “discrimination,” the suit against it alleged. Not so, said the court. The “race-neutral grooming policy,” it declared, was not
JEFF DEIST: Tom, you grew up in Boston. Your dad was a blue collar guy and also a Teamster. So, tell us a little bit about him and your childhood. TOM WOODS: He was a Teamster for 18 years, and worked as a forklift operator in a food warehouse for a grocery chain that no longer exists. I wouldn’t say he was a Reagan Democrat because he was never
Tom Woods joined Matt Welch of Reason TV for a wide ranging interview with topics including his transformation from a pro-war Republican to a passionately anti-war libertarian, the impact of Ron Paul on the liberty movement, and politics in the age of Donald Trump.
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