Ep. 48 Where Does Economic Growth Come From? Krugman Genuinely Stumped

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, Business News

4.7 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We know how to do some things, Krugman says, like deliver health care to everyone, provide for people's retirement, and increase the wages of low-income people. But economic growth? That's a tough nut to crack, he says. We can try infrastructure spending, but maybe even that won't work.

We bring some Contra Krugman awesomeness to this pile of confusion.

Show notes for Ep. 48

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0:00.0	Contra Krugman, episode 48.
0:05.2	Welcome to the podcast that takes apart Paul Krugman's New York Times column.
0:09.8	Join us as Tom Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the arrows of Krugman.
0:15.7	Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and Destroyer of Nations.
0:19.8	It's time for Contra Krukman.
0:23.9	Folks, if you're looking for more libertarian podcasts, why not check out the Jason Stapleton
0:28.9	program hosted by our friend Jason Stapleton. Monday through Friday, Jason gives you a libertarian
0:35.2	overview of current events.
0:39.8	Check it out at jasonstapleton.com.
0:45.9	Hello everybody. Tom Woods here, along with Bob Murphy and another episode of Contra Krugman.
0:49.4	Bob is in a comfortable undisclosed location.
0:54.8	Not a Panera bread is about as specific as we're going to be, but boy, is he sounding great,
0:58.6	and we are ready to dive into yet another Krugman column.
1:03.7	This one is called Wisdom, Courage, and the Economy.
1:06.1	It's dated August 15, 2016.
1:13.5	And, of course, with a column like that, how could it be complete without a picture of Hillary Clinton in a retail store?
1:17.8	Are you ready for me to just dive right into this?
1:19.9	I kind of liked how you said I sounded great.
1:20.5	How do I look?
1:21.8	Well, you sound good.
1:23.6	That was really where I wanted to leave it.
1:23.8	Okay.
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