• "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

Smashing Myths and Restoring Sound Money

A speech in Greenville, South Carolina.

  • Sonic Ninja Kitty

    Dr. Woods–Here’s a story on “possible” insider trading by NY Fed Chair Stephen Friedman: http://dailybail.com/home/is-stephen-friedman-guilty-of-insider-trading.html#comments

    Hope you find it interesting!

  • Chip

    Again, I agree with all you say BUT, (perhaps you already realize this), the problem is darker than you depict. I read “The Coming Battle”, published in 1899, which was trying to warn the American public about the upcoming elections in 1900, about the “money power” and how it was trying to reasert itself. We lost and we ultimately wound up with the Federal Reserve in 1913. I suggest you read “The Naked Capitalist” also. At the end of your well done talk, you state we can “kill the monster”. Yes, we can, but at great suffering and I doubt the people could stand it. The “powers that be” are deeply entrenched and it goes beyond just control over the currency. They will not relinquish their death grip on this nation (the world?)peacefully. They are in positions to cause serous harm, trigger war (the often used method when economies collapse), disruption of noemal commerce, etc. One suggestion to add to your talk, don’t convicts use cigarettes as “money” in prison? Do convicts know more about what real “commodity” money is, than the general public? Bottomline, I think we need to awaken as many as possible, vote intelligently BUT, realize there is no painless way out of this mess. I expect my retirement nest egg will be destroyed in the near future and am trying to minimize the negative impact as best I can. The future looks very dim, I fear for my children and grandchildren.