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Contra Krugman

Ep. 39 It's Easy to Fix the Slowing Economy: Try Something That's Never Worked, Says Krugman

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, Business News

4.7824 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Krugman admits the recent job numbers aren't so good, but says there's an easy solution: fiscal stimulus. Waiting for actual examples of successful fiscal stimulus? You won't find them in this column, and for good reason....

Show notes for Ep. 39

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0:00.0

Contra Krugman, episode 39.

0:05.4

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

0:10.0

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

0:14.7

arrows of Krugman.

0:15.9

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

0:20.0

It's time for Contra Krugman.

0:23.9

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0:27.4

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link ron paul homeschool dot com hey everyone it's your friendly neighborhood economist bob murphy

0:45.0

here i just want to invite you if you haven't already to peruse sample issues of the lara murphy

0:49.9

report available at contra krugman dot com slash LMR.mR. That's our monthly financial publication. I think you'll

0:58.7

enjoy it. Welcome everybody to another episode of Contra Krugman. I'm Tom Woods with Bob Murphy. And boy,

1:04.9

did Krugman throw the kitchen sink at us with his June 6th, 2016 column. There's so much to talk about. We could make it into a 10-part episode,

1:14.0

but who the heck would listen? So, we're going to do our best and see where it goes. Bob,

1:20.6

I'm going to jump right in, and then I'm just going to throw it over to you, and you're going to

1:26.0

navigate us through this crazy column, okay?

1:28.4

Okay, sounds good.

1:29.4

All right, here we go.

1:30.9

It starts, this is the column called A Pause That Distresses, and that's June 6, 2016, linked at contra Krugman.com slash 39.

1:41.5

And it begins with Krugman's commentary on the employment report that we recently got.

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