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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 823 Major Milestone: Libertarian Walter Block Looks Back on 500 Peer-Reviewed Articles

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Prolific libertarian scholar Walter Block recently reached an almost unheard-of milestone: 500 articles in peer-reviewed journals. We look back on the debates he's had and the topics he's covered, and he offers advice about writing and publication based on his years of experience. Fun!

Show notes for Ep. 823

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 823.

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Check it out at harries.com using Code Woods. Hey everybody, Tom Woods here. We are celebrating a great

0:36.6

milestone in the life and work of Walter Block, our friend, the great libertarian scholar. He has just reached a milestone that he's been working toward for many years, and that is he has just had his 500th scholarly article published. This number, by way of comparison, is far beyond that of

0:59.1

pretty much anybody you've ever heard of when it comes to the academic literature. Nobody writes

1:04.6

500 scholarly articles. But Walter Block has done it, and I want to talk to him about. I want to

1:09.7

talk to him about the kinds of

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things he's written about, the kinds of areas he's contributed to, what kind of advice he has

1:16.0

for people who are looking to get published. Lots to talk about here. Walter, of course,

1:20.9

holds the Harold E. Worth eminent scholar chair in economics at Loyola University in New Orleans.

1:26.7

He's the author of probably around

1:29.5

two dozen books or so, and, well, as you now know, 500 scholarly articles, as well as many, many,

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many, many articles in various popular publications. He speaks on a wide variety of topics and a

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wide variety of venues.

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He's just been there, done that with almost everything that you can think of relating to libertarianism.

1:50.5

And I'm really glad to welcome him back to the show.

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Walter, welcome back.

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My pleasure to be with you as always.

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