# Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 10

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-10>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** February 15, 2017

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George H. Smith explains Paine’s views on paper money, price controls, self-interest, and exploitative governments.

[Originally published in essay form on July 11, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/thomas-paine-versus-edmund-burke-part-10)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._