Ep. 2322 Was I Wrong About Fiat Money? Gene Epstein Corrects Me
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In a previous episode I made a claim about the unique difficulty of saving for retirement under a fiat money system. Gene Epstein emailed to say I was wrong. When he persisted in the argument over lunch in New York City, I decided to go ahead and invite our old friend on to discuss it.
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| 0:00.0 | The Tom Wood Show, Episode 2322. |
| 0:03.2 | Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion. |
| 0:07.8 | Your daily dose of liberty education starts here. |
| 0:11.3 | The Tom Wood Show. |
| 0:14.3 | If I was believing that the end of the world might be a bad thing that we should try to avoid |
| 0:19.1 | is not a Russian talking point. |
| 0:21.6 | But if we are going to avoid World War III, |
| 0:24.0 | it's important for Americans to understand |
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| 0:42.2 | Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here, our old friend Jean Epstein. |
| 0:45.3 | The man with the resume as long as his arm, |
| 0:48.4 | who is currently the director of the Soho Forum, |
| 0:51.3 | the outstanding libertarian debate series in Manhattan is with us. |
| 0:55.6 | And I am thrilled to be able to talk to him again. |
| 0:59.2 | As you know, if you are a veteran of the Tom Wood Show, |
| 1:02.3 | that means there's going to be a few minutes of opening banter between us. |
| 1:05.9 | It can't be avoided. |
| 1:07.2 | And you can always fast forward. |
| 1:08.8 | Or as Jean says, you can listen to the opening banter |
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