Tom Woods
Thomas Ernest Woods Jr. (born August 1, 1972) is an American author, podcast host, and libertarian commentator who is currently a senior fellow at the Mises Institute.[2][3][4] A proponent of the Austrian School of economics,[5] Woods hosts a daily podcast, The Tom Woods Show, and formerly co-hosted the weekly podcast Contra Krugman.[4][6][7]
For other people named Tom Woods, see Tom Woods (disambiguation).
Tom Woods
Jenna Woods (m. 2022)
Woods' The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History in 2004 interpreted U.S. history through a paleoconservative and, as described by some writers, pro-Confederate lens.[8][9][10] This, and his 2009 book Meltdown on the financial crisis of 2007–2008, became New York Times bestsellers.[11] His subsequent writing has focused on promoting libertarianism and libertarian leaning political figures such as former Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul. Woods also teaches homeschooling courses on Western civilization and government called The Liberty Homeschooler as part of the Ron Paul Curriculum.[12]
In 1994, Woods was a founding member of the League of the South,[13] but he no longer associates with it.
Awards[edit]
Woods received the 2019 Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna[64] and awards from the Independent Institute and the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.[65] Between 1995 and 2005, he was awarded $8,000 from the Earhart Foundation.[10] His book The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (2005) won the $50,000 first prize in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Awards.[66]
Personal life[edit]
Woods is Roman Catholic. In 1994, he married his first wife Heather, with whom he had two daughters.[67] In 2020 he announced his engagement to Jenna Laino, and the two were married in 2022.[68]