Thomas Woods
| Thomas E. Woods, Jr. | |
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Woods in February 2011.
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| Born |
Thomas Ernest Woods, Jr. August 1, 1972 Melrose, Massachusetts, United States |
| Website | tomwoods |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B.) Columbia University (M.Phil., Ph.D.) |
| Influences | Ludwig von Mises, Murray N. Rothbard, Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Ralph Raico, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Robert Nisbet, Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Thomas Sowell |
Thomas Ernest "Tom" Woods, Jr. (born August 1, 1972) is an American historian, political commentator, author, and podcaster. Woods is a New York Times Best-Selling author and has published twelve books. He has written extensively on the subjects including the history of the United States, catholicism, contemporary politics, and economics. Woods is a libertarian scholar, and although not an economist himself, a firm proponent of the Austrian School of economics. He hosts two libertarian podcasts, the Tom Woods Show and Contra Krugman.
Woods holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Columbia University, both 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.
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.
Woods was an ISI Richard M. Weaver Fellow in 1995–96. 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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