Ep. 312 Pencils and Central Planning: A Children’s Story
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2015
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
What can children read that illustrates the principles of liberty? Not a whole lot, to be blunt. That’s why I’m so pleased with Connor Boyack’s beautiful new Tuttle Twins series, the most recent entry of which is a children’s version of Leonard Read’s famous essay “I, Pencil.” That’s what we talked about on the show today.
About the Guest
Connor Boyack is the author of several books and the president of theLibertas Institute, a public-policy think-tank based in Utah.
Book Discussed
The Tuttle Twins and the Miraculous Pencil
Some Other Books by the Guest
The Tuttle Twins Learn About the Law
Feardom: How Politicians Exploit Your Emotions and What You Can Do to Stop Them (featuring a foreword by me). Also available as an audiobook, read by the author.
Guest’s Website
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of Democrats, there will be time for them to make profits. |
| 0:05.2 | Now's not that time. |
| 0:06.4 | And Republicans. |
| 0:07.9 | I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system. |
| 0:12.2 | You need a voice of liberty. |
| 0:15.0 | Look no further. |
| 0:16.8 | You've found it. |
| 0:18.4 | Tom Woods. |
| 0:21.2 | Beware, citizen. |
| 0:22.9 | You are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:26.9 | The Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 312. |
| 0:38.3 | Well, I'm back from the Christmas hiatus and ready to go here in 2015. |
| 0:43.3 | And today I'm joined once again by Connor Boyack, whom we just spoke to not too long ago, |
| 0:50.3 | but we're talking to him today about a totally different subject. |
| 0:53.3 | Connor has written yet another book in his children's book series, this one, The Tuddle Twins |
| 0:59.5 | and the Miraculous Pencil, and this raises a lot of issues, economic issues, educational |
| 1:05.4 | issues, lots of interesting things to talk about with Connor, who is president of the |
| 1:10.0 | Libertus Institute in Utah, |
| 1:12.4 | and is the author of numerous books. We'll link to a couple of them at tomwoods.com slash |
| 1:18.8 | 312. |
| 1:19.8 | Connor, welcome back to the show. |
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