Ep. 131 Trade and Tariffs, and Should We Fear a Strong Dollar?

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, News & Politics, Business News

4.7 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Krugman says Trump is surrounded by people who are wrong on trade: first, the neo-mercantilists, who view trade as a zero-sum game of winners and losers, and second, "neo-goldbugs," who favor a strong dollar and won't concede the merits of a weak currency.

Krugman isn't wrong about the neo-mercantilists, but he's wrong about plenty else....

Show notes for Ep. 131

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0:00.0	Contra Krugman, episode 131.
0:05.8	Welcome to the podcast that takes apart Paul Kruikman's New York Times column.
0:10.5	Join us as Tom Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the arrows of Krugman.
0:16.4	Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and destroyer of nations.
0:20.5	It's time for Contra Krugman.
0:24.5	Folks, you may have noticed it is impossible to have a rational conversation about guns these days.
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1:10.4	Hey, everybody, Tom and Bob here with another episode of Contra Krugman. I'm opening the show
1:14.8	in a more friendly way than I just did. I, we just, this is take two. I was a little bit
1:20.8	aggressive with the audience, so we're doing take two.
1:25.4	The guy used to be a neocon, you know.
1:28.6	That's right.
1:30.6	I can't change my stripes, right? You can take the Rothabardian out of the neocer or something like that.
1:33.4	Something like, yeah, who knows?
1:34.9	But anyway, listen, we're super, super glad that you're listening to this podcast.
1:40.3	And do please spread it around to your friends.
1:42.9	I'm sure you know somebody who thinks the idea of a Contra Krugman podcast is pretty darn sweet.
1:48.6	So do please do that.
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