Ep. 1003 Alexander Hamilton and the Awful Judges Who Carried on His Legacy

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We're taught that Alexander Hamilton is one of the indispensable men in the American story. In his new book -- released just today -- How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America, historian Brion McClanahan takes on this historical icon. In today's discussion we focus in particular on how the federal courts extended the life of some of Hamilton's worst ideas, which we continue to struggle with today.

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0:00.0	The Tom Woods Show, episode 1003.
0:03.1	Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.
0:07.9	Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.
0:14.4	Folks, everybody always thinks the current U.S. President must be the worst, but man is their
0:19.6	competition for that title.
0:21.6	Check out our free course on the presidents and their Crimes Against Liberty at freehistory
0:26.8	course.com.
0:28.9	Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.
0:30.2	Today is a very exciting day for our guest Brian McClanahan.
0:34.2	It is the official day of release for his brand new book, How Alexander Hamilton, Screwed Up America.
0:41.5	It includes a forward by Ron Paul, and it is all around a fantastic book.
0:46.6	You're going to learn a lot from it.
0:48.1	So I urge you to check it out.
0:49.4	Support Brian.
0:50.2	He's a great guy, extremely hard worker, the author of numerous other books, including two entries in the Politically Incorrect Guide series, as well as the founding father's guide to the Constitution.
1:01.7	He's also the host of the Brian McClanahan Show, which has more than a hundred episodes now.
1:07.6	So there's another podcast for you, the Brian McClanahan Show.
1:10.6	I urge you to check out Brian. Brian McClanahan Show. I urge you to check out Brian.
1:12.9	Brian McClanahan.com is his website, but remember his name is spelled B-R-I-O-N, Brian McClanahan.com.
1:19.7	I'll link to all this stuff, including the book, at tomwoods.com slash 103.
1:25.5	Brian, welcome back. Thanks for having me. Tom. Appreciate it.
1:28.5	Thrilling that your book is available as of today. So, I mean, I don't even know if people
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