Ep. 352 Ostrowski on Progressivism: The Idea Destroying America
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Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2015
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Book Discussed
Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America, by James Ostrowski
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Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion, by Tom Woods
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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. |
| 0:21.1 | Beware, citizen. |
| 0:22.9 | You are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:26.9 | The Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:33.4 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show episode 352. |
| 0:37.1 | We're talking about progressivism today with Jim Ostrowski. Welcome to the Tom Wood Show, episode 352. |
| 0:41.3 | We're talking about progressivism today with Jim Ostrowski. |
| 0:43.4 | Jim is a lawyer in Buffalo. |
| 0:46.1 | He's an associated scholar of the Mises Institute. |
| 0:52.8 | And he's the author of the new book, Progressivism, a primer on the idea destroying America. |
| 0:58.6 | This book and other details of our conversation can be found on the show notes page for today, |
| 1:01.8 | which is tomwoods.com slash 352. |
| 1:09.1 | Don't forget, I'll be speaking at Auburn University this coming Saturday, March 7, 2015. |
| 1:14.7 | So check out details on that at tomwoods.com slash events and then American University and the University of Cincinnati in early April. You'll also find those on that page. All right, |
| 1:21.6 | here we go. Jim, welcome to the show. Hey, great to be here, Tom. Thanks for inviting me. |
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