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Contra Krugman

Ep. 26: Trump, China, Trade, and Currency Manipulation: It's All Here

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, Business News

4.7824 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Krugman says both Trump and Romney get the economics of trade wrong, but as usual, it's Krugman who makes his share of mistakes. With Bob on a lecture tour of Europe, Tom is joined this week by David Howden, chairman of the department of business and economics at St. Louis University's Madrid campus.

Show notes for Ep. 26

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0:00.0

Contra Krugman, episode 26.

0:05.4

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

0:10.1

Join us as Tom Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the

0:14.8

arrows of Krugman.

0:16.0

Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and Destroyer of Nations.

0:20.1

It's time for Contra Krugman.

0:24.1

So you want to read the great treatises of Ludwig von Mezes, but you're not sure if you're ready.

0:29.3

Then the book to read is Choice by Bob Murphy, which will give you an excellent grounding in Misesian economics.

0:36.1

For a very limited time, get that book for free

0:39.1

when you join Liberty Classroom.com. Get all the details at contracrugeman.com slash 23.

0:46.8

Did you know Bob Murphy has his own financial publication? It's the Lara Murphy Report,

0:52.8

co-authored with colleague Carlos Lara.

0:55.7

Check it out at contra Krugman.com slash LMR.

1:00.9

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Contra Krugman.

1:03.1

I'm Tom Woods, but this time I'm not with Bob Murphy, who, as we told you last time, is on a European speaking tour, and we wish him all the best,

1:13.3

and I've heard so far that it's going very well, and he told me that he's constantly being

1:17.7

approached by people who listen to Contra Krugman. He was in Eastern Europe when he wrote to me,

1:22.8

and he was just delighted. He sent me an email with the subject line, We're big in Eastern Europe.

1:26.9

That's just great. Well, it's interesting that the person who is filling in for Bob, we dare not say

1:31.9

replacing Bob, because we know Bob is irreplaceable, but standing in for Bob is also in Europe,

1:38.2

oddly enough. I had to go to Europe to find somebody who would do it, and it's Dave Howden,

1:42.7

who's been a guest on my own show, the Tom Wood Show, a couple of times in the past.

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