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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1062 Debate: Can the Free Market Provide National Defense?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Economist Bob Murphy (Ph.D., NYU) and podcaster Todd Lewis square off in the central debate of anarcho-capitalism: is government truly necessary for national defense, or could the free market provide this service?

Show notes for Ep. 1062

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0:00.0

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0:03.5

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0:34.2

Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.

0:35.5

I have got two outstanding guests for you, and they are going to debate an interesting

0:40.3

topic, the sort of topic that we just love to talk about, right?

0:44.2

The rest of the world can talk about the minutia.

0:46.2

We talk about the big questions.

0:48.6

And before I introduce the guests, I'm going to tell you what it is.

0:52.0

They are going to be debating.

0:53.8

It is resolved. The free market can

0:57.2

supply national defense. Arguing in the affirmative is your old friend Bob Murphy and my co-host

1:03.9

on the podcast, Contra Krugman. You all know Bob. He's got a PhD in economics from New York

1:08.9

University. He's the author of many books. His website

1:12.4

is Consulting by RPM, where you can click on the blog and read his free advice blog. So Bob's

1:18.5

arguing in the affirmative. And arguing in the negative is Todd Lewis, who holds degrees in history

1:24.1

and philosophy from Malone University and who has previously debated Stefan Kinsella

1:30.3

and Walter Block on the non-aggression principle. So should be an interesting debate. The way it's

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