Ep. 67 The Economics of Obamacare

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2014

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Economist Robert Murphy joins Tom for a discussion of the economics of Obamacare. Bob is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, and other books, and he blogs at Free Advice.

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0:00.0	I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.
0:09.9	In a world of conventional confusion, there will be time for them to make profits.
0:14.9	Now's not that time.
0:16.5	Daddy, what do taxes pay for?
0:18.3	Oh, why everything?
0:19.7	Policemen, trees, sunshine.
0:21.9	And let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless them.
0:25.9	Don't be afraid.
0:26.7	I'll be afraid of you, dad.
0:28.3	Prepare to unshackle your mind.
0:31.3	An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.
0:36.9	Your professor has arrived.
0:41.1	Tom Woods.
0:43.3	Beware, citizen, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion.
0:52.3	The Tom Woods Show.
0:57.3	Welcome, everybody. It is Friday, January 3rd, 2014, and we are talking today about the
1:04.0	economics of Obamacare. And we're joined, of course, by none other than economist Robert P. Murphy.
1:11.1	Bob Murphy holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University.
1:15.3	He's the author of numerous books of importance.
1:17.9	His book, Lessons for the Young Economist, is a textbook on economics for probably like older junior high, younger high school students.
1:27.3	He's also the author of
1:28.4	The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great
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