• "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

Meltdown Rises on New York Times Bestseller List

In its second week on the New York Times bestseller list, Meltdown will rise to #11.  That’s the week of March 8, by the way — publishers receive the list more than a week in advance.  Thanks so much for all your support.  Please keep spreading the word!

  • http://none Nancy Meiners

    Anyone with an open mind who reads this book will not so much be “convinced” as s/he will experience the fog of obfuscation and confusion lifting, the veils of illusion falling away and a clear focus and clarity emerging like the sun! You might exclaim some version of “Eureka” or “Of course”! Whatever your inevitable exclamation, it is also your own inner cry to action meant to be carried out into our present oppressive and enervating socio-economic matrix as catalyst for real change. Tom Woods is doing his part to elucidate truth for all of us. So, in gratitude, let’s do what we can for freedom’s sake.

  • John Dolac

    Great book. It is unfortunate that common sense seems to be so uncommon.

  • http://angloaustria.blogspot.com/2009/03/murray-rothbard-would-have-been-proud.html Jack Maturin
  • Barbara Temple

    I wonder what would happen if every congressperson had a copy of this book. Would they read it? We need to change our national discussion.

  • Lauren Glazer

    This book is one of the most important books written that addresses our current economic situation. Authors such as Hazlitt, Rothbard and Bastiat will never be out of step with regard to economics because their works are rational and hold absolute truths from which one can generalize. However, Dr. Woods’ book incorporates the underlying foundation of Mises’ economics while addressing, rather, pinpointing the exact nature of the true cause and effect regarding our present crisis. I have given the book to everyone I know to be both intellectually curious and intellectually honest. I have even sent it to a few managing directors that I know experienced the Wall Street fiasco firsthand. Hopefully they will welcome the truth. Thank you Dr. Woods for enlightening us.
    Lauren Glazer

  • http://Don'tknowwhatthisis Emanuel Licitra

    In reading your book (“Meltdown”), a simple analogy that comes to mind regarding how the government has been treating the financial situation is like a doctor treating his patient who is suffering pain from a serious illness with a temporary relief for the pain but does not treat the cause.