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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 756 Was Margaret Thatcher a Libertarian Hero?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Conservatives and many libertarians look back fondly on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whom they remember for taking on trade unions and the left, and advocating free-market economic policy. Is this an accurate picture of the former British leader? Sean Gabb joins me for an unconditional look at Margaret Thatcher.

Show notes for Ep. 756

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The Tom Woods Show, episode 756.

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0:35.0

Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here. We're talking history today. Recent history at that.

0:39.6

We're talking about the tenure of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. What was her record as prime minister? What's the real truth of the matter?

0:49.2

There's a lot of hero worship that goes on with regard to Margaret Thatcher. And let's try and figure out if that's justified.

0:55.8

And joining us to help us do that is Sean Gab, who is director of the Libertarian Alliance,

1:01.8

which you can visit at Libertarianalliance.co.uk.

1:06.4

Sean is the author of many books, and he holds a PhD in political and intellectual history

1:11.9

from the University of Middlesex.

1:15.0

Sean, welcome back to the show.

1:16.5

Thank you very much, and I'm very pleased to be called back.

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