• "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

I Used to Fight With Commies

Rhetorically, anyway. Here’s a funny 13-minute condensation of a talk I gave not long ago on how I got into this whole business, and on what we need to do to win.

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • Anonymous

    Love ya Tom, but do you ever correct people when they call you an economist? You’d think they’d use historian first, not that you aren’t erudite enough in economics.
    Just a technical point.

  • http://www.TomWoods.com Tom Woods

    Of course, but privately; there’s no way to do it from the podium without looking like a jerk.

  • MichaelKrueger17

    I was one of those Sean Hannity watchers that was roped in by your book The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Thank you Tom.

  • http://twitter.com/MooseOfReason Jeff

    7:10 — “Oh yeah, Fibonacci!?”

    Hahahaha!

  • Dave dirtscratcher

    Mr. Woods, I love that you fight for freedom, but I’m currently more interested in your “fight’ on the chessboard with Walter Block. Any plans on the rubber match? And on posting the moves of the first game (the one that you lost, heh, heh, heh)?

  • http://www.TomWoods.com Tom Woods

    I wish we had the moves for that game!

  • cwk

    Too bad there were no teachers like you in 1975. I would not have felt like I was the one playing outside the foul line.

  • Thomas D

    Does the full version of this exist anywhere?

  • http://www.TomWoods.com Tom Woods

    I don’t think so. But here’s another autobiographical video with some overlap with this one:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3X9_uylxso

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