Ep. 57 Everything Is Awesome, So Why Are Trump and Ryan Complaining, Wonders Krugman
Contra Krugman
Tom Woods
4.7 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2016
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Both Donald Trump and Paul Ryan, each in his own way, spin crazy dystopian stories about America, says Krugman. Our country isn't perfect, but where are they getting these crazy ideas? We sort out who's crazy and whether things really are dystopian.
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| 0:00.0 | Contra Krugman, episode 57. |
| 0:05.3 | Welcome to the podcast that takes apart Paul Krugman's New York Times column. Join us as Tom |
| 0:10.9 | Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the arrows of Krugman. |
| 0:15.9 | Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and destroyer of Nations. It's time for Contra Krugman. |
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| 0:39.8 | Hey everyone, Bob Murphy here. |
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| 0:57.1 | Hello everybody, Tom Woods here with Bob Murphy, and an episode of Contra Krugman in which, |
| 1:02.0 | well, speaking for myself at least, I can say, there is a Paul of Post-Contra-Cruz depression |
| 1:08.2 | that has been cast over the episode. |
| 1:11.5 | Bob, I don't know how you're feeling, but when we were recording this aboard a wonderful cruise ship, |
| 1:17.2 | I don't know, there was a little bit more zing than there is sitting in your home office. |
| 1:22.2 | Yeah, I was thinking about maybe getting some Texas text dudes just coming to my office and sit around and laugh at my jokes. |
| 1:27.8 | But, you know, they just, they don't have the context. They don't have the backstory. They don't |
| 1:31.8 | know the drama, the intrigue, the suspense of the contra crews. So I just really, it just wouldn't be |
| 1:37.9 | the same. Wouldn't be the same. And of course, we'd have to hire professional chefs to give us |
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