The Case for Reading Books with Tom Woods

[@drb8786]

I love this channel. I just bought Robert Nisbet. I’m just an average guy who barely graduated high school and I work in manufacturing. However Austrian Economics and the liberty movement have me doing some serious self reflection. I’m questioning everything I was taught. I feel alive. Who knew podcasts and books could change someone’s whole outlook??

[@Rethuglican]

I do find reading books to be much more relaxing then listening. I also find that I absorb the info better

[@LukeAvedon]

"Take a look, it's in a book, a reading rainbow."

[@brandorev]

This was a timely episode for me, and Mises Institute bags been a saving grace during 2020. Almost finished with HA, read what has government done with our money, economic depression: caused and cures, ultimate foundations of economic science, hope’s economic science and the Austrian method(that was a tough read), portions of rothbard Great Depression, ethics of PP and some other of Mises. So many books so little time. Since Michigan is not one of the credentialed states for the masters program, gotta get my education a different way. Tons of books so little time. I prefer physical books, but goodness there are tons of free PDFs on their site. Thank you Jef and Tom for the work you do.

[@flavius3896]

I have read most of von Mises and Rothbarb books, also a lot of Menger, Böhm-Bawerk and Bastiat. They are some of the most interesting books I have ever read. Rothbard's "Conceived in Liberty I-V" was very interesting! In general I love old books instead of derivative works. I bought most of these books from Mises.org.

[@stephen562]

I second Tom’s suggestion for “Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles” by de Soto. Also, how about George Reisman’s “Capitalism”?

[@TrentEmberson]

Kirzner's "Competition and Entrepreneurship" and de Soto's "Theory of Dynamic Efficiency" essays are on my list. I read their stuff and I think about regular people taking risks on new ideas and earning big margins on a simple application of ethics positioned against the Managerial Revolutionaries you described a few weeks back. It's like Powerball daydreaming when you look up from the pages.

[@felipeguimaraes1359]

"The only good economist is a dead economist" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bakerelkins469]

By far my favorite podcast:))

[@markuscroubere1140]

De Soto's book has to be done, it's just so good and complete and I have no friends to talk to about it. Also Woods verbalized well why reading Hoppe feels so good: the ratio original ideas per words is just so high.

[@mikewilliams4947]

Francis Fukayama is a great author. This was a fantastic podcast! Subscribed :)

[@simonbevan4598]

Lord bless you JD, His face shine upon you and be gracious to you and give you His shalom . Blessings from nz Aotearoa land of the long white cloud ♡

[@Slywolf1992]

Can you do Hayek’s Prices and Production and/or Pure Theory of Capital?

[@riogrande1840]

I like reading books, but it’s hard for me to concentrate on them for long periods of time. I want to fall asleep. Is the key to just read faster and hope to absorb the information? Or is it necessary to take extensive notes? Even reading books with subject matters I enjoy is a chore.

[@flavius3896]

If I read in bed then I fall asleep. lol

[@jh7123-l8o]

Hi Rio Grande maybe try the audiobooks. I love a book being read to me. It has opened a whole new world to me. I have poor concentration and I also find reading hard.

[@geoffrey955]

I’ve had to force myself for years before I started really enjoying it. So my advice would be to keep at it. You’ll come to like it eventually !

[@douglasruscoe7720]

@Rio Grande -- greetings. You gotta hack your brain and find out how it works. Taking notes works for some folks, but some brains forget things once they're written down. After years of intent reading I've found that reading for 15 minutes (roughly), then thinking for 1-2 minutes (roughly), works best for my brain to retain info...Certain books, such as anything by Nietzche, force you to develop that habit. You can read two sentences by that guy and think about them for an hour. Then I take that habit into "easier" reads. Hack yo' brain! Reading is the process and the result.

[@0909umcia]

Maybe don't lay in bed, if you do it, such position makes us go into sleeping mode faster. Better to be sitting. I read in my bed but somehow I manage. If book really interest me I can go through quite many pages.

[@GerhardMes]

Sometimes it seems that people from Vienna are depressive | pessimistic. As you mentioned Menger. But this must not be, because here in Austria, the Viennese are known what we call "Grantler" - somewhat you know as grumpy. So sometimes it can be seen as pessimistic too. Just a sidetone. Happy New Year and keep going! Real value is created, just like in crafts. A masterpiece of stone does not come into being with one stroke, but with many, which are constantly carried out.

[@johndustoncpa5302]

Good Good and Evil by Charles Adams is a great tax history one

[@rwm411]

Page 1,003 of Atlas Shrugged predicted Chaz with chilling accuracy.

[@AtaraxiaaixaratA]

Time for some reviews / talks about the stoics. "Stoicism" is fantastic subject. Patrick McGeehan's "Stoicism In The Statehouse" is a great read.

[@itzoma]

Last Knight of Liberalism is a great read.

[@Justin-ho8py]

Is Mises accredited or accepted as a credible graduate program?

[@jackdonnelly427]

Deadlifting and canning food 😂

[@ThePocketbass]

I can't listen to Heidegger. I can't understand the accent.

[@lordpimpjuice1503]

I have the curse of knowledge, It can come off as arrogant.... Oh well

[@douglasruscoe7720]

What's the message from Genesis? ...Eat from the Tree of Knowledge and ye will surely die...Something like that. Knowing crap, and desiring to know more crap, is indeed a curse.

[@lordpimpjuice1503]

@@douglasruscoe7720 I study Thermodynamics which rewards me Financially, Physiology for health, Successful men for guidance, No shit here son. You sound like a liberal arts major 🤣

[@lordpimpjuice1503]

@@douglasruscoe7720 preach on bro

[@davidanalyst671]

Tom woods has been consistently wrong about the Rona, so I don't listen to him anymore. I read lots of books, and when you do that, you learn that some people are better off being ignored

[@neonidus7918]

he has been?

[@davidanalyst671]

@@neonidus7918 He sayd there was nothing to worry about in texas. Within a week, Houston hospitals had press releases telling patients that they had no more rooms, and they were driving people to Austin for treatment...... so yes, he was wrong

[@neonidus7918]

@@davidanalyst671 Hospitals are paid very much for taking in and treating people that test positive for covid; their incentives are to stuff themselves even with people who typically don't need much treatment, so looking at statements on hospital capacity doesn't give you any indication of the threat the virus actually poses. He's been consistently right about `the absolute destruction wrought by lockdowns and the maddeningly snide and cruel faux-justifications fronted by the establishment as to why people "need" to have their livelihoods destroyed to "fight the virus".

[@ponchoponcho9328]

I suggest a strong book To read I love this book I have read the book about six times and love it . The great controversy bye Ellen G White . You will be surprise. . Warning. A most excellent book that will change your life . Love you talk , thank you , take care .

[@Vitance]

Tom calls people "losers" for having New Year Resolutions, but as soon as someone is paying him he blithely encourages them to have a New Year's Resolution. Catholics in a nutshell. Virtue is as virtue pays.