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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1127 From Economics Class to Libertarianism -- to Politics?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Mitch Toland, once an Obama supporter, made his way into Austrian economics and libertarianism in a most unusual way: his economics professor had him write a paper on Hayekian triangles (a graphical depiction of Austrian capital theory), and this wound up leading him to Ron Paul. He shares his story, plus his venture into politics, in today's episode.

Show notes for Ep. 1127

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 1127.

0:03.4

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harries.com slash woods. Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here. I am joined today by Mitchell Toland.

0:33.7

Mitch is running for U.S. Congress from Maryland. And as you know, I don't feature very many

0:39.7

office seekers on the show for a variety of reasons. But Mitch just has such a great, authentic,

0:45.8

real story. Anybody who knows something about Hayekian triangles and is also interested in

0:51.8

politics is a pretty rare thing. I would say it's Ron Paul and

0:56.0

nobody else. So anyway, I like this guy. I think he's definitely on the side of the angels, as they say.

1:03.9

But whether politics is the right route to go, well, that's going to be one of the topics we

1:08.6

discussed today. So, Mitch, welcome.

1:11.7

Thanks for having me, Tom.

1:16.1

You've just got a really interesting story, and I'm a sucker for interesting stories.

1:19.3

So, you know, let's get into it.

1:26.1

I generally don't have people seeking office on the show unless I know them personally.

1:28.4

And that rule is that as otherwise the whole show would just be office seekers and it would just be fundraising opportunities. And I don't know.

1:34.5

So I have, plus I there's also the possibility that the person's a shyster. And I don't want to

1:41.0

do that to people. So anyway, but let's talk about your story here. I like how you

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