Ep. 320 “Free” Community College — Here’s Why Not
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2015
⏱️ 25 minutes
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About the Guest
Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
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Books by the Guest
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (also available as an audiobook)
Article Mentioned
“The Magic of Education,” by Bryan Caplan
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of Democrats, there will be time for them to make profits. |
| 0:05.1 | 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. |
| 0:21.1 | Beware, citizen. |
| 0:22.9 | 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 320. |
| 0:44.9 | We're talking about free community college today, and as usual, free is in quotation marks. |
| 0:57.0 | We've all heard about the president's proposal, no doubt, for free community college, for people whose grades entitle them to this new program. What are we to make of this idea? |
| 0:59.0 | Well, joining me today is Professor Brian Kaplan, who teaches economics at George Mason University. |
| 1:06.0 | His first book, The Myth of the Rational Voter, was chosen by the New York Times as the best |
| 1:12.7 | political book of the year. |
| 1:15.4 | His second book is Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids. |
| 1:20.3 | And a third book is forthcoming. |
| 1:22.1 | I'm not sure I'm supposed to spill the beans about it or not. |
| 1:24.9 | We'll ask him about that in just a minute. |
| 1:27.2 | Brian, welcome to the show. |
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