Ep. 316 Who Will Build the Roads?
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2015
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
All right, so it’s a cliche, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be answered. Bob Murphy and I discuss a recent set of arguments in favor of state monopoly road provision.
Article Discussed
“My Experience With Private Roads and Why Libertarians Have No Idea What They’re Talking About” (n.b.: some bad language)
Book Mentioned
The Privatization of Roads and Highways, by Walter Block
About the Guest
Robert P. Murphy holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University. He is the author of numerous books (see below), including study guides to Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action (study guide here) and The Theory of Money and Credit (study guide here), and Murray Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State (study guide here).
Guest’s Blog
Books by the Guest
Lessons for the Young Economist (free textbook; click here for a free teacher’s manual)
Chaos Theory (available free)
Understanding Bitcoin (with Silas Barta; available free)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism (also available as an audiobook)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (also available as an audiobook)
Guest’s Twitter
Guest’s Facebook
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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, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:26.9 | The Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 316. |
| 0:38.3 | Well, it was bound to happen an episode on Rhodes. |
| 0:44.3 | And joining us to talk about Rhodes is economist Bob Murphy. |
| 0:50.3 | Robert P. Murphy blogs at consulting by RPM.com. |
| 0:56.2 | He holds a PhD in economics from New York University. |
| 0:59.6 | He is the author of Lessons for the Young Economist, a free textbook for students like late junior high, early high school students. |
| 1:08.9 | It also has a free teacher's guide. We will link to that |
| 1:12.6 | at Tom Woods.com slash 316, which is the show notes page for this episode. Also, Bob has written |
| 1:19.6 | study guides for human action and man economy and state by Murray Rothbard and the theory of |
| 1:27.1 | money and credit by Lubbik van Meeses of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises |
| 1:28.7 | will link to all of those at Tom Woods.com slash 316. |
| 1:32.9 | He's also the author of the politically incorrect guide to capitalism and the politically |
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