Ep. 1615 How the State Makes Busybodies into Busybullies

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Economist Antony Davies and political scientist James Harrigan join me to discuss their new book "Cooperation and Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What That Means for Economics and Politics". We talk about how the state thrives on wars on poverty, drugs, terror, etc., the cooperation that is at the center of the market economy, and a lot more.

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0:00.0	The Tom Wood Show, episode 1615.
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0:35.5	Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.
0:36.6	I have two guests for you today, neither of whom has ever been on the program before.
0:40.5	They are Antony Davies and James Harrigan.
0:43.7	Antony Davies is an economist at Duquesne University.
0:46.9	James Harrigan is a political scientist at the University of Arizona.
0:50.7	Both of them are distinguished fellows at the foundation for economic education.
0:55.3	They co-host the podcast Words and Numbers.
0:58.2	They write columns together and they speak at high schools and colleges all over the country.
1:02.4	We're going to be talking about their brand new book, Cooperation and Coversion,
1:06.8	How Busy Bodies Became Busy Bullies, and what that means for economics and politics.
1:12.1	Gentlemen, welcome.
1:13.1	Hello, Tom.
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