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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 732 The Point Everyone Misses About So-Called Private Prisons, Plus: Are Millennials Really as Anti-Capitalist as the Polls Say?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

So-called private prisons came under fire recently, so we were treated to the usual anti-capitalist propaganda. But just how "private" are these "private prisons"? Plus: are millennials really anti-capitalist, or are they (I'll be kind) just clueless?

Show notes for Ep. 732

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 732.

0:03.6

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0:44.1

Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here. We're talking a little bit about private prisons today because there have been a lot of misconceptions about that subject.

0:50.8

But also talking about just a variety of subjects that come to mind, mostly

0:55.8

involving younger people, because my guest today, Brittany Hunter, was a participant at the

1:02.4

Mises University Summer Program this summer, and that, of course, caters to younger people, and she's

1:09.3

been very much plugged into that scene and can give us some

1:13.1

thoughts about where the millennials really are on these big questions.

1:18.1

Brittany Hunter holds two degrees in economics from George Mason University, one undergraduate

1:22.8

and one graduate.

1:24.2

She's a blogger and a creator of digital content for Generation Opportunity, and she has

1:29.1

several recent articles over at mezes.org that are definitely worth reading. Brittany, welcome to the show.

1:35.3

Hi, thank you for having me. I'm slow sometimes to get to current events. By the time I get to

1:40.3

them, they're about three weeks non-current. But a lot of these topics are evergreen.

1:45.3

They're going to come up a lot over the years. And it's important to get them right. Even if they

1:50.4

fall out of the news, it's still important that we understand them correctly. So you've been doing

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