Ep. 10 Terrorism Creates Jobs

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, Business News

4.7 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Krugman's commentary on the Paris attacks is partly correct, with the usual nonsense thrown in. Even better his is blog post earlier this week, assessing whether there might be good economic effects from the terrorist attack if the French government spends enough money in response. That kind of analysis is why Contra Krugman exists, folks.

Scott Horton joins us this week.

Show notes for Ep. 10

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0:00.0	Contra Krugman, Episode 10.
0:04.9	Welcome to the podcast that takes apart Paul Krugman's New York Times column.
0:09.6	Join us as Tom Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the arrows of Krugman.
0:15.5	Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and Destroyer of Nations.
0:19.5	It's time for Contra Krugman.
0:23.6	Want to know an easy way to be a hero to all your libertarian friends and relatives?
0:28.4	With a gift subscription to Liberty Classroom.com, where they can learn the history and economics they didn't get in school.
0:35.3	Watch for a special Black Friday discount. Did you know Bob Murphy has his
0:40.3	own financial publication? I bet you didn't. It's the Lara Murphy Report, co-authored with colleague
0:47.1	Carlos Lara. Check it out at contra Krugman.com slash LMR. Welcome everybody to another episode of Contra Krugman. I'm Tom Woods with Bob Murphy, along with a special guest this week because of the nature of the column. Scott Horton joins us for the first time. Scott is our second ever guest on the show. He brings some foreign policy expertise that we need very much for this column.
1:11.6	I mean, you know, Bob and I could wing it if we had to, but why do that when you have the Library of Congress version of American Foreign Policy sitting here right there ready to go from Austin, Texas?
1:23.1	That's Scott Horton of the Scott Horton show, which you can listen to Monday through Friday, noon to 2 p.m.
1:28.7	Eastern Time on the Liberty Radio Network. That's LRN.fm. You can also hear him Sunday mornings on
1:34.5	KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles. Check out more about Scott at Scotthorton.org. Gentlemen, welcome to this
1:43.1	episode. Hi, Tom.
1:44.6	Hi, Bob.
1:45.3	It's great, great to have you, Scott.
1:47.0	And, you know, if Krugman ever feels so inclined, you know, he's welcome to tap on people
1:51.9	who actually know what they're talking about before pontificating on a subject, just a thought.
1:56.3	He could take after Bob and me.
1:58.8	That would be a lot less fun, I think. It really would, especially when I'm going to do what I usually do, which is I'm going to
2:04.2	run through the column with everybody.
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