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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1023 Labor History: The Real Story

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode focuses in on three major episodes in American labor history: Haymarket, Homestead, and the Pullman strike. These are generally related with a predictable bias, which this episode challenges.

Show notes for Ep. 1023

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 1023.

0:03.4

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

0:08.2

Your daily dose of Liberty Education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.

0:14.7

Folks, like many of us, there's a good chance you were probably a victim of educational

0:18.9

malpractice. Well, undo all that over at libertyclassroom.com,

0:23.9

where we teach you the history and economics you didn't get in school.

0:29.1

Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here. This is the third episode of the week. I told you there'd be only three

0:33.8

this week. I'm on the Contra Cruise. As a matter of fact, I'll have some stories for you

0:38.2

when I get back, but they're all going to make you feel bad. I'm sorry to say. They're all

0:42.5

going to make you feel bad about not being here, and that's not really my intent. I really just

0:46.8

want to tell some funny stories. But anyway, for today, I'm sharing with you part two of that

0:52.8

talk I gave that I used as an episode a week or so ago on

0:56.9

labor unions and the history of labor unions and labor law in the United States. This is part two of

1:02.3

that. This was a talk delivered probably in 2005 at the Mezes Institute. And remember,

1:08.2

if you've not heard my public speaking before, you have to trust

1:11.1

me when I say I'm normally more dynamic and joky than this, but I gave this very academically,

1:17.9

but it's not my usual style. All the same. The material really packs a punch, and I include a little

1:24.1

portion of the question and answer bit at the end.

1:27.9

So hope you enjoy that.

1:29.6

And then afterward, I have a little something for you.

1:32.9

Here we go.

1:33.8

Last time we went through the sort of dry section,

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