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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 22 The Crony Capitalists

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

News, Politics, Government

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hunter Lewis discusses his book "Crony Capitalism in America, 2008-2012".

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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.

0:16.5

Daddy, what do taxes pay for?

0:18.3

Oh, why everything?

0:19.7

Policemen, trees, sunshine.

0:21.9

And 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 feel free to unshackle your mind.

0:31.3

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

0:36.9

Your professor has arrived.

0:41.1

Tom Woods.

0:46.8

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

0:52.0

The Tom Woods Show. Welcome everybody on this Tuesday, October 22nd,

1:04.4

2013. Tom Woods here. Crony capitalism is the subject for today, the revolving door between

1:10.6

government and business,

1:12.1

special privileges for favored businesses, et cetera, et cetera. And these things are blamed on

1:17.9

and referred to as capitalism when they are in fact the opposite. We'll talk to Hunter Lewis,

1:23.3

author of Crony Capitalism in America, 2008 to 2012. But before we do that, I want to just tell you

1:29.6

a little bit about this trip I took over the weekend to Raleigh, North Carolina. We had a

1:33.6

great event there with the North Carolina Tenth Amendment Center. The Nullify Now Tour is alive

1:38.8

and kicking. And the MC was the great Mike Church of SiriusXM satellite radio, Mikechurch.com.

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