Ep. 337 The Fatal Errors of Socialism
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Book Discussed
The End of Socialism, by James R. Otteson
About the Guest
James R. Otteson is executive director of the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, and Teaching Professor of Political Economy, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is also a Senior Scholar at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC, a Research Professor in the Freedom Center and Department of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in California.
Guest’s Websites
JamesOtteson.com
BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, at Wake Forest University
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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. |
| 0:16.7 | 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. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 337. We're joined today by James Audison, that's O-T-T-E-S-O-N, to talk to us about socialism. James |
| 0:46.6 | Odison is a professor of political economy at Wake Forest University and executive director of the |
| 0:52.9 | B-B-B-N-T Center for the Study of Capitalism. |
| 0:56.0 | He's also a senior scholar at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C., a research professor |
| 1:01.9 | in the Freedom Center and Department of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, and a research |
| 1:07.5 | fellow at the Independent Institute in California. He's the author of numerous books, including What Adam Smith New, |
| 1:16.1 | Moral Lessons on Capitalism from Its Greatest Champions and Fiercest Opponents. |
| 1:21.5 | But the book we're going to talk about today is The End of Socialism, |
| 1:26.3 | published by Cambridge University Press. |
| 1:29.2 | So I'll turn things over right now to my conversation with Jim Audison. |
| 1:34.5 | Jim Audison, welcome to the show. |
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