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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 167 Lew Rockwell on the State

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

News, Government, Politics

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2014

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Lew Rockwell, founder of the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com, joins Tom to discuss his forthcoming book, Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto..

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0:00.0

I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.

0:09.9

In a world of conventional confusion, there will be time for them to make profits.

0:14.9

Now's not that time.

0:16.4

Daddy, what do taxes pay for?

0:18.3

Why everything?

0:19.7

Policemen, trees, sunshine.

0:21.9

Let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless them.

0:25.9

Don't be afraid.

0:26.7

I'll be afraid.

0:28.2

Prepare to unshackle your mind.

0:31.2

An idea who his time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.

0:36.9

Your professor has arrived.

0:41.0

Tom Woods.

0:42.3

Well, his mind is not for rent to any government.

0:47.1

Beware, citizen, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion.

0:52.3

The Tom Woods Show. Welcome, everybody. It's Wednesday, May 28th,

0:59.0

2014. And what a thrill and a privilege it is to be joined today by Lou Rockwell. Of course,

1:06.2

you know Lou from Lou Rockwell.com, the indispensable website. But he's also the founder and chairman of the

1:13.6

Mezes Institute, the heroic Mises Institute, former chief of staff to Ron Paul, an all-around

1:20.1

great guy. Like me, Lou is originally from Massachusetts, and that's where I'm heading today

1:26.2

for a week's vacation. If you can believe I'm

1:28.6

actually going on vacation. And my wife and I are taking all five children. We have five

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