The Tom Woods Show, episode 660.

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Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here. I've got an episode of McQuistian, which is a PBS program that I'd like to share with you. This is not the one I did with Doug Casey that I made into an episode of the show and has been viewed many, many, many times. That was an unbelievable experience. Now, this is with Steve Forbes. And let me tell you why I'm sharing this with you. I mean, I think it's a pretty good conversation. It's about the financial crisis and the perspectives that he and I had on it. But this week,

of course, you know about it. We had this terrible technical problem with the podcast feed,

but then also over the past couple of weeks, we had a pretty significant health scare with our

six-year-old. So it's just been a difficult time,

which is why ultimately I just had to yield to reality and skip a day. I just couldn't. There was

just no other way to do it. So today I'm just going to take something that I've done that I think

you probably have not heard, but that you might enjoy. And then next week, I've already got

several episodes all lined up and ready to go, that you're definitely going to like. Doug Casey is, in fact you might enjoy. And then next week, I've already got several episodes all lined

up and ready to go that you're definitely going to like. Doug Casey is, in fact, coming back next week.

But Steve Forbes, of course, you know who he is, and Dennis McQuistion, the host of the show,

will give some biographical information in a minute. Steve Forbes and I, of course, have different

opinions on some things, that's for sure,

but he could not have been more gracious when I talked to him the day we did this episode.

He was extremely kind.

We were driving over there together and saying very nice things about the book.

Oh, and the book, of course, I'm sorry, is Meltdown.

That was my book on the financial crisis that did very well, and the book, of course, I'm sorry, is Meltdown. That was my book

on the financial crisis that did very well, and he was congratulating me on it and saying how

important and helpful it was and all that. So, I mean, he didn't have to say that. He's Steve Forbes,

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