Receive the notorious Tom Woods Letter (which everyone who’s anyone reads)

EPISODE 2558

Ep. 435 Why Has the Economic Recovery Been So Sluggish?

Subscribe on your favorite platform:

Don’t pay another cent for a book until you’ve read Tom’s free eBooks on the most controversial issues of our time. Over a dozen await!

Want to write that book, but the obstacles seem insurmountable? I can help.

The history and economics
they kept from you.

A Simple
Online Business

In this 30-minute crash course I’ll walk you through the simplest online business model there is. But don’t knock it: that deceptively simple model can take you very far.

Join Tom Woods and his very special guests in his first public return to the sea in six years…for the Tom Woods Cruise!

Check out Tom’s 13 published books for suppressed history, economics, and more.

In a recent episode, David Stockman showed just how sluggish the economic recovery has been. But why has it been so sluggish? Wolf von Laer explains precisely how the state has held the economy back.

About the Guest

Wolf von Laer is a doctoral candidate in economics at King’s College London.

Sponsor

SchiffGold is where I get all my precious metals — they’re knowledgeable, efficient, and reliable. They’re having a special sweepstakes exclusively for Tom Woods Show listeners: enter to win a one-ounce Canadian Maple Leaf gold coin, worth about $1200! You don’t have to buy anything to enter. Click here to enter, and good luck!

The winner will be announced on episode 446.

Paper Discussed

Regime Uncertainty and the Great Recession: A Market Process Approach,” by Adam G. Martin and Wolf von Laer

Report Mentioned

Small Business Economic Trends

Guest’s Website

wolfvonlaer.com

Guest’s Twitter

@Wolfvonlaer

Related Episode

Ep. 406 David Stockman: Progressive Defenses of Obamanomics Are Laughable (David Stockman)

Special Offers

I’ve just released a brand new, free eBook: Start Your Blog or Website Today: Resources for People Too Busy to Learn Programming or Design. 3DStart_Your_Blog_or_Website_TodaysmallerIt’s full of neat things I use that have helped me make a living online. Get it in PDF, EPUB, or Kindle versions — and check out my video that shows you how to start your blog in just five minutes!

We’ve just added our 13th course at LibertyClassroom.com! Learn the history and economics they didn’t teach you, from professors you can trust and in courses you can listen to anywhere. Take 30% off a year’s subscription — which gets you everything we have! — with coupon code SHOW (all caps).

Is It Finally Time to
Leave Each Other Alone?

Get Tom’s eBook, National Divorce: The Peaceful Solution to Irreconcilable Differences, for FREE.