The Tom Wood Show, Episode 2084, prepared a set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

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Hey everybody, Tom Woods here, our old friend, Vynas Zitalmann, is back with us today.

We're going to talk about his book, Hitler's National Socialism, just released.

There's a lot we can talk about here. Of course, we're going to talk about Hitler's views

on economic policy, planning the economy, his views on Stalin and Stalin's experience,

planning the economy, his views on economics as a science and the body of economic theory,

and also just the way he thinks about society and democracy, questions like that.

So, Professor Zitalmann, welcome back to the show.

Hello, nice to meet you again Tom.

I'm very, very impressed with his book. I don't think I ever told you,

but years ago, I asked an old friend of mine who was deceased now,

a US historian named Ralph Rayco. I asked him for a good source on understanding Hitler's ideology

and in particular his economic views, and he recommended one of your books to me.

And that's how I found out about you was from Professor Rayco.

Now you have this brand new book, very big book, Hitler's National Socialism.

Let me start with this question.

There is a controversy that exists among, let's say, people on social media,

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