The Tom Woods Show, episode 449.

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.

Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.

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Well, today, this is just a fun topic, right?

Who doesn't like this topic?

Ron Paul versus Paul Krugman.

We're talking today to Jeremy Hammond, who is the founding editor of Foreign Policy Journal

at foreign policyjournal.com.. But today in particular, we're

talking to him about his little book called Ron Paul v. Paul Krugman, Austrian versus

Keynesian economics in the financial crisis. He's gone through and looked at what both of

these men were saying about the economy beginning in the late

1990s, and the comparison is extremely instructive. You can follow Jeremy Hammond at his website,

Jeremy R. Hammond.com. Jeremy, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me on. This is an honor.

This book of yours I was vaguely aware of, and I'm sorry to say I never took the time to look at it, but it's such a great idea, given that both of these figures are public figures.

They write and say an awful lot.

It's not difficult to uncover what their views are,

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