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Contra Krugman

Ep. 13 Krugman's Lame Defense of the Obama Economy

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, Business News

4.7824 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Krugman says the economy isn't really so bad! And the good parts are due -- of course! -- to what little Keynesian policy the stupid American rubes have permitted. You think he's going to get away with that, with Contra Krugman around?

Show notes for Ep. 13

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0:00.0

Contra Krugman, episode 13.

0:05.0

Welcome to the podcast that takes apart Paul Krugman's New York Times column.

0:09.0

Join us as Tom Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the arrows of Krugman.

0:15.0

Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and destroyer of nations.

0:19.0

It's time for Contra Krugman.

0:23.5

Folks, if you really want to understand economics, financial markets, and the world around you,

0:28.6

then check out the Lara Murphy Report, edited by Carlos Lara and Contra Krugman co-host,

0:34.5

Bob Murphy. Check out three free issues at contrara Krugman.com slash LMR.

0:40.7

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0:48.2

Well, check out Liberty Classroom.com, the best gift a libertarian could ask for.

0:53.9

Welcome to another episode of Contra Krugman.

0:55.7

I'm Tom Woods with Bob Murphy.

0:57.6

This week we have some really, I want to say vintage Krugman, classic Krugman.

1:03.5

This really is the kind of point of view that we started the podcast to oppose, really.

1:09.3

He's going to give his – well, I don't know. That's not entirely true, but it's partly true. He's going to give his, well, I don't know, that's not entirely

1:12.4

true, but it's partly true. He's going to give his analysis of the state of the economy.

1:16.7

The column is the not-so-bad economy. It's December 7, 2015, and here is a column where it is really,

1:25.2

really helpful to have, as your co-host of your podcast, somebody who follows Krugman very closely, knows what he said two days ago, two weeks ago, two years ago, two decades ago, for heaven's sake.

1:38.3

And of course, that's the great Bob Murphy. Bob, welcome. Thanks for being here.

1:42.3

Glad to be here, Tom. You're right. This really is the kind of

1:45.1

column that we had in mind when we launched the podcast. So, it's called the Not So Bad Economy, and before

1:51.0

we started doing this, and as always, we link to the column on the show notes page, which will be

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