• "Well written, well researched, and the thesis put forth is well argued.... Woods has opened up an area of historical analysis that should invite further study."
    -Journal of American History

  • "During these times that challenge our freedoms there is no one more qualified to make U.S. history relevant to the fight against big government than Thomas Woods."
    -Barry Goldwater Jr.
    Former Member of Congress

  • "I strongly recommend Woods's work."
    -The Honorable Ron Paul,
    U.S. House of Representatives

  • "Written with great clarity and fluency, making the complex philosophical and theological concepts approachable."
    -Journal of American Studies

  • "A must-read."
    -Barron's

  • "An excellent reading source for anyone interested in financial markets, and much more so for anyone interested in learning about capitalism without all the misinterpretations being thrown about in the financial media."
    -Asia Times

  • "Provocative, well-written, and deserves to be read."
    -Catholic Historical Review

  • "An engaging and important contribution to scholarship on the history of American Catholicism."
    -Journal of the Historical Society

  • "Woods and [co-author Kevin] Gutzman appeal to both left and right in this constitutionalist jeremiad…. The authors' exegeses of the Constitution and court decisions, heavy on original intent arguments, are lucid and telling."
    -Publishers Weekly

  • "A marvelous read. Every chapter taught me something new and unexpected."
    -Tom Bethell, senior editor,
    The American Spectator

  • "The hottest book today is Meltdown, by my friend Tom Woods."
    -Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst,
    FOX News Channel

  • "Should be required reading."
    -Economic Affairs (London)

  • "Woods, one of the best classical liberal [libertarian] scholars of his generation, has once more placed us in his debt with this lucid and tightly argued book."
    -David Gordon, The Mises Review

  • "Tom Woods is one of my dearest allies in the struggle against wrong-headed and dangerous economic policy."
    -Peter Schiff

Hey, Bob Murphy: This One’s For You

Just to keep Bob’s energy levels up for his debate with Paul Krugman (click on the link if you don’t know what I’m talking about), here’s Krugman on Hayek: “If one asks what substantive contributions he made to our understanding of how the world works, one is left at something of a loss.  Were it not for his politics, he would be virtually forgotten.”

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • Kieran

    Yeah, Krugman really has a point; you have to admit it. I mean, what is business-cycle theory compared to they-didn’t-print/spend-enough theory?

  • Paul Mollon

    Translation: Hayek never offered any “substantive contributions” to be implemented by the all-powerful state apparatus, so I wish people would just stop talking about him.

  • http://www.k466.gather.com Matthew Murphy

    There goes Krugman ignoring established irrefutable common sense again: the ABC theory.

  • http://www.tomwoods.com Aems

    What a useless comment by Krugman. If he thinks he can just eternally ignore his opposition and economic reality for that matter, he’ll be dead in the water long before Murphy gets his hands on him.

  • NeilBJ

    One thing I would like to see emphasized more in the debate over monetary policy is the fact that our money system is fundamentally immoral.

    The Fedaral Reserve System is essentially a counterfeit money cartel. And we put counterfeiters in jail, don’t we?

    I know Ron Paul has brought up the fact that our money system is immoral. I wonder what would happen if the general population became aware of this fact?

  • http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog Bob Murphy

    Wow where did he say that, Tom? And I agree with the quote, if he had said “my understanding” instead of “our understanding.”

  • http://www.tomwoods.com Tom Woods

    Apparently in Slate, December 4, 1998. I saw it quoted (by a reliable source) in The Freeman.

  • John

    Some similarities between Paul Krugman and Harry Potter:

    1) Both believe in magic.

    2) Both believe that by uttering some nonsensical words together, impossible things become possible.

    3) Both have strange friends with peculiarly-shaped beards.

  • Kieran

    I was always fond of Peter Schiff’s analogy that Keynesian theory is to economics what witch doctors are to medicine.