Bob Murphy joined me today — National Podcast Day (no kidding) — to answer listener questions submitted via my Twitter account . A great conversation ensued. Have a listen! Get a commute-sized portion of liberty education Monday through Friday by subscribing to the Tom Woods Show on iTunes or Stitcher…
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I spoke today to Larry Reed of the Foundation for Economic Education , the venerable institution that played such a key role in promoting free-market ideas at a low point for those ideas in American history.  It’s important for us to know our own history, so I’m glad I…
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How did eastern Europe transition away from communism? What were conditions like on the eve of the transformation? What factors contributed to it? What happened to all the property owned by the state? Today I discussed the Polish case with Professor Mateusz Machaj . You guys have…
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Thanks so much for listening in over the past year! I did today’s show on my own, answering listener questions about child labor, working-hours legislation, the minimum wage, and how to tell your kids their textbooks are screwy. Have a listen! Get a commute-sized portion…
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Mateusz Machaj joined me today to discuss the fashionable “Taylor Rule,” a rule for monetary policy that supposedly would have prevented the housing bubble. Matt shows how to respond to this claim. Have a listen! Get a commute-sized portion of liberty education Monday through Friday…
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I recently did a Q&A episode of my show in which among other things I answered a question about my graduate school experience at Columbia after — to my surprise — people on my Facebook page told me they wanted to know. Have a listen! Get a commute-sized portion of…
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Scott Horton joined me today to discuss the Obama intervention against ISIS. Staying out is the only course of action that makes sense, Scott argues. Have a listen! Get a commute-sized portion of liberty education Monday through Friday by subscribing to the Tom Woods Show on iTunes or Stitcher…
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I talked to Redmond Weissenberger of Mises Canada today about health care, government growth, political correctness, and more. Have a listen! Get a commute-sized portion of liberty education Monday through Friday by subscribing to the Tom Woods Show on iTunes or Stitcher so you don’t miss an episode!

Today I talked to Carlos Miller, creator of PhotographyIsNotACrime.com and author of The Citizen Journalist’s Photography Handbook , about monitoring police behavior through video. What a compelling personal story Carlos has. Well worth your time. Here’s the audio , and below is a YouTube version. Get a commute-sized portion of liberty education Monday through…
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Today I spoke once again to Michael Huemer, a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey . When we last spoke , Huemer went through the key arguments for the legitimacy of the state — the social contract, democracy, etc. — and showed…
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