Tom Woods Show, Archive 1

What a pleasure to be joined once again by David Stockman! I strongly urge you to visit his blog and check out his latest book, The Great Deformation

Everyone's talking about income inequality, and I thought this article by Robert Higgs -- "Nineteen Neglected Consequences of Income Redistribution" -- was worth an episode's worth of commentary.

Nick Giambruno, senior editor of InternationalMan.com, a Doug Casey publication, joined me to discuss international diversification, and why it isn't just for investments or for the rich.

In the course of today's episode I mentioned a number of books I consider indispensable. Here are a few of them: The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul. This is a good one for beginners. It has a good track record as a proselytizing device. It's what I recommend you give to someone who has indicated some interest in our ideas. The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey, by Michael Huemer. Don't let the dull title fool you. This book is comprehensive, original, exciting, and very convincing. It is a relentless assault, by a philosopher, on the standard arguments for government. Not one of them is left standing. The Economics and Ethics of Private Property, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. This book blew me away when I first read it. Its title makes it sound dull. It is one of the most intellectually exciting books I have ever read. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. Even if you don't care about the Constitution, or if you're a Spoonerite, or whatever, this is an excellent example of a book that is (1) packed with information, and (2) leaves the standard narrative in shreds. Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality? Possibly Thomas Sowell's most underrated book. I hear people talk about several of his other titles all the time, but I never hear this one mentioned. This one is 140 pages long, with big print. It contains more information and more devastating analysis than most books three times that length.

Tom talks to Jeff Berwick about history, education, homeschooling, how to win people over, and more. Check our Jeff's show, Anarchast, at Anarchast.com.

Tom discusses a variety of issues as a guest on African-American Conservatives.

Jay Richards, co-author of The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot, talks Tolkien and liberty.

Tom talks to Gary Chartier about his book Anarchy and Legal Order: Law and Politics for a Stateless Society (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

Bob Murphy joins Tom to discuss the Keynesian disaster in Japan.

Tom discusses the libertarian/conservative divide, plus politics, self-publishing, podcasting, and more as a guest on Matt Lewis and the News.

Randall Holcombe discusses his most recent book, Advanced Introduction to Austrian Economics. Plus, Tom offers a surprise giveaway.

Judge Andrew Napolitano returns to the show to discuss his new book, released just today: Suicide Pact: The Radical Expansion of Presidential Powers and the Assault on Civil Liberties.

Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Project on Government Oversight and author of The Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security, corrects fashionable myths about military funding. Check out his article "The War Against Austerity."

George Reisman, author of Capitalism, refutes common errors.

Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress discusses his new book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.

Independent investigative journalist Ben Swann returns to the show to discuss some key stories he's working on.

Murray Polner, co-author with Tom of We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now, talks war and foreign policy.

Jim Grant, Ron Paul's choice for Fed chairman, discusses his new book The Forgotten Depression -- 1921: The Crash That Cured Itself.

Michael Malice returns to the show to make an unusual claim: libertarians should welcome a Hillary presidency. Tom responds.

Burt Folsom, author of FDR Goes to War: How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America, talks about issues on the home front that are rarely discussed.

Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center joins Tom to review ballot initiatives on behalf of nullification and the Tenth Amendment from yesterday's election.

Tom addresses some common pro-government arguments.

Tom shares a great discussion from the Robert Wenzel Show. Check out EconomicPolicyJournal.com and TargetLiberty.com.

Linda Rottenberg, author of Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags, talks about the urgency -- and possibility -- of becoming entrepreneurial.

David Beito, co-author of Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power, discusses a forgotten figure of the civil-rights era.

Jim Tobin of Taxpayers United of America recalls the Chicago Tax Strike of 1977, chronicled by Murray Rothbard, and discusses his 400 other successful battles against tax increases.

Tom DiLorenzo, whose books include The Real Lincoln and How Capitalism Saved America, overturns the standard narrative of antitrust and monopoly.

Tom explains why belief in God is in fact eminently rational. (He recommends the book The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism.)

Tom shares a talk he delivered at -- of all places -- the University of Colorado at Boulder, on the real causes of the housing bubble and crash. Check out Meltdown, Tom's New York Times bestseller on that subject, featuring a foreword by Ron Paul.

Economist and libertarian theorist Bob Murphy joins Tom to discuss disease, quarantines, and liberty.

Jeff Herbener describes the separation of money and state. Check out tomwoods.com/money and "How to Return to Gold," referred to in the episode.

Tom talks to John Lee Dumas, host of the Entrepreneur on Fire podcast and creator of Podcasters' Paradise, an outstanding resource for would-be podcasters and existing podcasters, and of which Tom himself is a member. (Disclaimer: the link to Podcasters' Paradise is an affiliate link, which means I earn a commission if you join. I am recommending it because I am myself a member and have seen its tremendous benefits firsthand, and I think you will find it valuable as well.)

Tom is interviewed by Jeff Deist, Mises Institute president and former chief of staff to Ron Paul.

Mark Sisson, author of The Primal Blueprint and The Primal Connection, among other books, talks diet, exercise, overall health -- and entrepreneurship.

Carla Gericke of the Free State Project discusses her courtroom vindication after an unjust arrest in 2010, and also talks about growing up in South Africa.

Tom discusses themes from his new book, Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion. Get the Kindle version as a supporting listener of the show, and click here for the free audiobook version!

David Friedman, whose book The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism, is now available in a third edition, takes on some of the hard libertarian questions.

Dan McCarthy of The American Conservative magazine joins Tom to discuss what the political terms Left and Right really mean.

Kirkpatrick Sale, director of the Middlebury Institute and author of Human Scale, among many other books, talks left, right, freedom, and secession.

Michael Scheuer, former director of the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, explains why U.S. foreign policy plays into the hands of ISIS. Check our Scheuer's books, among them Imperial Hubris and Osama bin Laden.

Eric Peters of EricPetersAutos.com returns to the show to answer listener questions.

Amity Shlaes, author of (among other books) the New York Times bestsellers The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression and Coolidge, discusses the life and policies of President Calvin Coolidge.

Tom talks to Jeff Herbener, who's just completed a course for LibertyClassroom.com subjecting a popular college economics textbook to a systematic Austrian critique. You can get this course at LibertyClassroom.com or as a Silver, Gold, or Platinum supporter of the Tom Woods Show!

Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Manhattan Institute's Economics21 discusses the economics of the fast-food protests and the minimum wage, as well as who was really behind all the demonstrations.

Emmy nominee David Angelo joins Tom to discuss his hilarious, and free-market, eEconomics YouTube series. Check out the videos on Financial Regulation and Trickle-Down Economics.

Documentary filmmaker Colin Gunn discusses his outstanding new documentary Wait Till It's Free.

Economist Robert Murphy returns to the show to answer listener questions. Check out Bob's book The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal. See also the Friedman/Murphy debate.

Larry Reed, president of the iconic Foundation for Economic Education, recalls some libertarian history and discusses the challenges ahead.

Professor Mateusz Machaj returns to the show to discuss Polish life under communism, how the transition came about, and what happened next.