The Tom Woods Show, episode 634.

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Hi everybody, Tom Woods here.

We're talking to Gene Epstein today.

We're talking about the Economic Freedom of the World Index and what it has to teach us.

Gene is not only a frequent guest here on the show, but of course he is the economics and book review editor at Barron's, the nation's premier financial publication.

You can check it out at Barron's.com.

Gene, welcome back to the show.

An honor to be back on my favorite podcast, Tom.

Oh, that's very good of you to say.

You are freshly returned from Romania.

Maybe we can talk about that a little bit later.

Is that okay?

Sure, absolutely.

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