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==Education and affiliations==
==Education and affiliations==
{{Libertarianism in the United States sidebar}}
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Woods holds an [[A.B.]] from [[Harvard University]], and [[M.Phil.]] and [[Ph.D.]] from [[Columbia University]], all in [[history]]. He is a senior fellow of the [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]] in [[Auburn, Alabama]] and a member of the editorial board for the Institute's ''[[Libertarian Papers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libertarianpapers.org/editorial-board/ |title=Editorial Board at Libertarian Papers |publisher=Libertarianpapers.org |date= |accessdate=2011-08-10}}</ref>
Woods holds an [[A.B.]] from [[Harvard University]], and [[M.Phil.]] and [[Ph.D.]] from [[Columbia University]], all in [[history]]. He is a senior fellow of the [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]] in [[Auburn, Alabama]] and a member of the editorial board for the Institute's ''[[Libertarian Papers]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://libertarianpapers.org/editorial-board/ |title=Editorial Board at Libertarian Papers |publisher=Libertarianpapers.org |date= |accessdate=2011-08-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728030111/http://libertarianpapers.org/editorial-board/ |archivedate=2011-07-28 |df= }}</ref>


Woods is also an associate scholar of the [[Abbeville Institute]], in [[McClellanville, South Carolina]]. The mission of the Abbeville Institute is to preserve and present what is true and valuable in the Southern tradition. The fellowship has grown to over 170 scholars and associates. Among other activities, the Institute has conducted annual summer schools for college and graduate students, conferences for academics, and educational programs for the public.<ref>[http://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/index.php/about Abbeville Institute website]</ref>
Woods is also an associate scholar of the [[Abbeville Institute]], in [[McClellanville, South Carolina]]. The mission of the Abbeville Institute is to preserve and present what is true and valuable in the Southern tradition. The fellowship has grown to over 170 scholars and associates. Among other activities, the Institute has conducted annual summer schools for college and graduate students, conferences for academics, and educational programs for the public.<ref>[http://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/index.php/about Abbeville Institute website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124023126/http://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/index.php/about |date=2012-11-24 }}</ref>


Woods was an [[Intercollegiate Studies Institute|ISI]] Richard M. Weaver Fellow in 1995 and 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1223&theme=home&loc=b |title=First Principles – Banana Republic, U.S.A |publisher=Firstprinciplesjournal.com |date=2009-03-02 |accessdate=2011-08-10}}</ref> He received the 2004 O.P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship and an Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from the [[Independent Institute]] in 2003.
Woods was an [[Intercollegiate Studies Institute|ISI]] Richard M. Weaver Fellow in 1995 and 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1223&theme=home&loc=b |title=First Principles – Banana Republic, U.S.A |publisher=Firstprinciplesjournal.com |date=2009-03-02 |accessdate=2011-08-10}}</ref> He received the 2004 O.P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship and an Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from the [[Independent Institute]] in 2003.
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* ''Sacred Then and Sacred Now: The Return of the Old Latin Mass'' (2007)<ref>Also on [http://www.booksforcatholics.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=B&Product_Code=STSNCD&Category_Code= audio book], as read by the author Thomas Woods.</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-9793540-2-1}}
* ''Sacred Then and Sacred Now: The Return of the Old Latin Mass'' (2007)<ref>Also on [http://www.booksforcatholics.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=B&Product_Code=STSNCD&Category_Code= audio book], as read by the author Thomas Woods.</ref> {{ISBN|978-0-9793540-2-1}}
* ''Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush'' (co-authored with [[Kevin Gutzman]]; 2008) ({{ISBN|978-0-307-40575-3}})
* ''Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush'' (co-authored with [[Kevin Gutzman]]; 2008) ({{ISBN|978-0-307-40575-3}})
* ''Beyond Distributism'' (2008) <ref>Woods, Thomas E. [http://www.acton.org/commentary/479_beyond_distributism.php "Beyond Distributism"]. [[Acton Institute]]. October 2008.</ref>
* ''Beyond Distributism'' (2008) <ref>Woods, Thomas E. [http://www.acton.org/commentary/479_beyond_distributism.php "Beyond Distributism"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211103341/http://www.acton.org/commentary/479_beyond_distributism.php |date=2008-12-11 }}. [[Acton Institute]]. October 2008.</ref>
* ''[[Meltdown (book)|Meltdown]]: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse'' (February 2009) ({{ISBN|1-5969-8587-9}}) & ({{ISBN|978-1-5969-8587-2}})
* ''[[Meltdown (book)|Meltdown]]: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse'' (February 2009) ({{ISBN|1-5969-8587-9}}) & ({{ISBN|978-1-5969-8587-2}})
* ''Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century '' (2010) {{ISBN|1-59698-149-0}}
* ''Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century '' (2010) {{ISBN|1-59698-149-0}}

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For other people named Tom Woods, see Tom Woods (disambiguation).
Thomas Woods
Woods in February 2011.
Born
Thomas Ernest Woods Jr.

(1972-08-01) August 1, 1972 (age 52)
Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
Academic career
School or
tradition		Austrian School
Alma materHarvard University (A.B., 1994)
Columbia University (M.Phil., Ph.D.)
InfluencesLudwig von Mises, Murray N. Rothbard, Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Ralph Raico, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Stefan Molyneux, H.L. Mencken, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Robert Nisbet, Thomas Sowell
Websitetomwoods.com

Thomas Ernest Woods Jr. (born August 1, 1972) is an American historian, political commentator, author, and podcaster.[1][2] Woods is a New York Times Best-Selling author and has published twelve books.[1] He has written extensively on subjects including the history of the United States, Catholicism, contemporary politics, and economics. Although not an economist himself, Woods is a proponent of the Austrian School of economics.[3] He hosts two podcasts, The Tom Woods Show and Contra Krugman.[2][4]

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Woods holds an A.B. from Harvard University, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University, all in history. He is a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama and a member of the editorial board for the Institute's Libertarian Papers.[5]

Woods is also an associate scholar of the Abbeville Institute, in McClellanville, South Carolina. The mission of the Abbeville Institute is to preserve and present what is true and valuable in the Southern tradition. The fellowship has grown to over 170 scholars and associates. Among other activities, the Institute has conducted annual summer schools for college and graduate students, conferences for academics, and educational programs for the public.[6]

Woods was an ISI Richard M. Weaver Fellow in 1995 and 1996.[7] He received the 2004 O.P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship and an Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from the Independent Institute in 2003.

He has additionally been awarded two Humane Studies Fellowships and a Claude R. Lambe Fellowship from the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.[8] His 2005 book, The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy, won the $50,000 first prize in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Awards.[9]

Woods is a founding member[10] of the League of the South, a Southern nationalist organization, and a contributing author to the League's journal, The Southern Patriot.[11][12][13] His association has generated criticism,[14][15] but Woods asserts his involvement with the group has been limited.[16][clarification needed]

Publications

Woods is the author of twelve books. His book The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History was on The New York Times Best Seller list for paperbacks in 2005.[17] The book has been criticized by journalist Cathy Young as being inaccurate,[18] as well as by Ronald Rodash[19] and Max Boot.[20]

His 2009 book Meltdown also made the bestseller list in 2009.[21] His writing has been published in numerous popular and scholarly periodicals, including the American Historical Review, the Christian Science Monitor, Investor's Business Daily, Modern Age, American Studies, Journal of Markets & Morality, New Oxford Review, The Freeman, Independent Review, Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines, AD2000, Crisis, Human Rights Review, Catholic Historical Review, the Catholic Social Science Review and The American Conservative.[22]

Views

On Catholicism

Woods was received into the Roman Catholic Church from Lutheranism.[23] He wrote How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. For eleven years, he was associate editor of The Latin Mass Magazine, which advocates traditional Catholicism. As a traditionalist Catholic,[24] Woods is also recognized for his books attacking the post-Vatican II church.[25][26] Woods advocates what he calls the Old Latin Mass[27] and cultural conservatism.[28][29]

On Conservatism

Tom Woods at CPAC in February 2010.

Woods is a former neoconservative and has been critical of neoconservative support for an aggressive and interventionist foreign policy; in place of this he has advocated non-intervention.[30]

Woods makes a sharp distinction between paleoconservative thinkers, with whom he sympathizes,[1][31] and neoconservative thinkers. In articles, lectures and interviews Woods traces the intellectual and political distinction between the older conservative, or paleoconservative, school of thought and the neoconservative school of thought.

These views have provoked a strong response from some conservatives. On the release of Woods' Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, the book was scathingly reviewed by Max Boot[14] of The Weekly Standard. Boot accused Woods of being overly sympathetic with Southerners such as John C. Calhoun while exaggerating the militarism of FDR, Truman, and Clinton.[14] James Haley's Weekly Standard review of the book, in contrast, stated that it "provides a compelling rebuttal to the liberal sentiment encrusted upon current history texts..." the book is "ultimately about truth" and "[t]his is a book everyone interested in American history should have in his library." [32] Woods concluded his reply to Boot's review by saying "[s]ince in my judgment Max Boot embodies everything that is wrong with modern conservatism, his opposition is about the best endorsement I could have asked for." [33]

Podcasts

Tom Woods Show

Since September 2013, Woods has delivered a daily podcast, The Tom Woods Show, originally hosted on investment broker Peter Schiff's website. On the podcasts, which are now archived on Woods' own website, Woods conducts interviews on economic topics, foreign policy, and history.[4]

Contra Krugman

In September 2015, Woods began Contra Krugman, a weekly podcast, with economist Robert P. Murphy that critiques the New York Times columns of economist Paul Krugman. The podcast seek to teach economics "by uncovering and dissecting the errors of Krugman."[4]

Bibliography

As author

  • The Great Façade: Vatican II and the Regime of Novelty in the Catholic Church (co-authored with Christopher Ferrara;[34] 2002) ISBN 1-890740-10-1
  • The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era (2004) ISBN 0-231-13186-0
  • The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History (2004) ISBN 0-89526-047-6
  • The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (2005) ISBN 0-7391-1036-5
  • How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization (2005) ISBN 0-89526-038-7
  • 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask (2007) ISBN 0-307-34668-4
  • Sacred Then and Sacred Now: The Return of the Old Latin Mass (2007)[35] ISBN 978-0-9793540-2-1
  • Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush (co-authored with Kevin Gutzman; 2008) (ISBN 978-0-307-40575-3)
  • Beyond Distributism (2008) [36]
  • Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse (February 2009) (ISBN 1-5969-8587-9) & (ISBN 978-1-5969-8587-2)
  • Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century (2010) ISBN 1-59698-149-0
  • Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse (2011) ISBN 1-59698-141-5
  • Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion (2014) ISBN 1-50084-476-4

As editor

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Naji Filali, Interview with Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Harvard Political Review, August 16, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Woods, Tom. "About Tom Woods". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ^ Liberty Classroom
  4. ^ a b c "Profile: Thomas E. Woods, Jr". www.mises.org. Mises Institute. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Editorial Board at Libertarian Papers". Libertarianpapers.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Abbeville Institute website Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "First Principles – Banana Republic, U.S.A". Firstprinciplesjournal.com. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  8. ^ Inferno New Media. "About Tom Woods | Tom Woods". Thomasewoods.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  9. ^ "ISI Announces 2006 Templeton Enterprise Award Winners".
  10. ^ Applebome, Peter (7 March 1998). "Could the Old South Be Resurrected?; Cherished Ideas of the Confederacy (Not Slavery) Find New Backers". nytimes.com. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 September 2016. ...Mr. Woods, one of the founding members of the League of the South. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
    • Euan Hague. Heidi Beirich. Edward H. Sebesta. (2008). Neo-Confederacy – A Critical Introduction – University of Texas Press, p. 36
    • Muller, Eric (January 30, 2005). "Thomas Woods' Southern Comfort". American Constitution Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. ...the League of the South, a Southern nationalist organization of which Dr. Woods boasts he is a founding member. (The organization was formed in 1994; Dr. Woods was present at the founding and became a member of the League's Membership Committee, which was headed by the League's President, Michael Hill.) Dr. Woods has been a frequent contributor to the League's journal, The Southern Patriot, and has spoken at its conventions. (He has also spoken at similar meetings of other organizations, like the Southern Historical Conference and Bonnie Blue Ball, where he shared the lectern with speakers on the "Myths and Realities of American Slavery" and "Why Slaves Fought for Their South.")
  11. ^ Young, Cathy (February 21, 2005). "Last of the Confederates". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-09-14. The author's official bio leaves out the fact that Woods is a co-founder and member of pro-secession League of the South.
  12. ^ Young, Cathy (2005-06-01). "Behind the Jeffersonian Veneer". Reason. Retrieved 2016-09-14. Born and raised in the North, Woods is a co-founder of the League of the South, a neo-Confederate group, and has written frequently for its magazine The Southern Patriot.
  13. ^ Articles written by Woods for the League of the South's journal include:
    Woods, Thomas (1995). "Copperheads". Southern Patriot. 2 No. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1995): pp. 3–5.
    Woods, Thomas (1995). "The Abolitionists". Southern Patriot. 2 No. 5 (Sept. - Oct. 1995): pp. 36–37.
  14. ^ a b c Boot, Max (Feb 14, 2005). "Incorrect History". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  15. ^ "Review Essay of The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods, Jr". 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  16. ^ "LRC Blog LewRockwell.com". Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  17. ^ New York Times "Bestseller List" (Paperback non-fiction), January 9, 2005 [1]
  18. ^ http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/02/21/last_of_the_confederates/
  19. ^ http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/10493
  20. ^ http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/6456
  21. ^ New York Times "Bestseller List" (Paperback non-fiction), March 08, 2009 [2]
  22. ^ tomwoods.com bio
  23. ^ Woods, Thomas E. (Presenter) (2008). The Catholic Church: Builder of Civilization (Television production). Vol. Episode 8: "Catholic Charity". Eternal Word Television Network. ASIN B00C30D3NG. Retrieved 2013-05-21. My personal favorite in this list is Martin Luther because I, myself, am a former Lutheran.
  24. ^ "A Profound Philosophical Commonality by Anthony Flood". Lewrockwell.com. 1987-11-22. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  25. ^ Beirich, Heidi. "Two Treatises: A pair of recent books attack the Vatican and its current policies form the core of radical traditionalist teachings". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  26. ^ Woods, Thomas E.; Ferrara, Christopher A. (2002). The Great Façade: Vatican II and the Regime of Novelty in the Catholic Church. The Remnant Press. ISBN 978-1890740108.
  27. ^ "Sacred Then and Sacred Now: The Return of the Old Latin Mass". BooksForCatholics.com. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  28. ^ "History and Truth: An Interview With Thomas E. Woods, Jr. by Bernard Chapin". Lewrockwell.com. 2005-07-23. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  29. ^ "Up From Conservatism – Mises Media". Mises.org. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  30. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JxdDxqtyk0
  31. ^ E. Woods, Thomas. "The Split on the Right". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  32. ^ "Haley, James W., The Standard Reader, Weekly Standard 01/31/2005".
  33. ^ "Woods, Thomas, A Factually Correct Guide for Max Boot, The American Conservative, 03/28/2005".
  34. ^ On Woods' association with Ferrara, see "On Chris Ferrara"
  35. ^ Also on audio book, as read by the author Thomas Woods.
  36. ^ Woods, Thomas E. "Beyond Distributism" Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine. Acton Institute. October 2008.
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