Ep. 537 The Conservative Case for Hamilton Over Jefferson Is All Wet
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2015
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
National Review recently argued that Alexander Hamilton was morally superior to Thomas Jefferson, and therefore -- by strong implication -- that his policies were preferable. Historian Kevin Gutzman responds!
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| 0:00.0 | The Tom Woods Show, episode 537. |
| 0:03.5 | Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion. |
| 0:08.1 | Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show. |
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| 0:30.9 | Welcome to another episode of the Tom Woods show. |
| 0:33.1 | Kevin Goetzman joins us once again. |
| 0:35.9 | I had somebody post an article to my Facebook page from National |
| 0:40.7 | Review, which I don't read anymore, but when I was a kid, I used to read it. And it was about |
| 0:46.4 | Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, and the article contrasted the two, and I bet you can |
| 0:52.3 | tell which one we're supposed to like, |
| 0:54.7 | according to National Review. So I wanted Kevin to come on and talk to us about this article. |
| 0:59.0 | So sometimes, if you post an article to my Facebook page, I will refute it. It just depends on |
| 1:05.2 | can I find the right guest, or am I in the mood, or whatever. But whoever that was, here you go, |
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| 1:22.1 | That would make me very happy. Kevin Goetzman, as you may know, is the author of numerous books. |
| 1:27.4 | He and I wrote a book together called Who Killed the Constitution. |
| 1:31.3 | Kevin is the author of The New York Times Bestseller, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, and James Madison, and The Making of America, an important biography of James Madison. |
| 1:42.2 | Those latter two titles are available in audiobook format, and you can get one of them for free through tomwoodsaudio.com. |
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