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Contra Krugman

Ep. 67 Protectionism Is Bad (but When Democrats Support It, Krugman Will Find Excuses)

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, News & Politics, Business News

4.7822 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Krugman disagrees with Trump's trade policies and thinks they're grounded in falsehoods (e.g., China as a "currency manipulator"). You'll never guess what Krugman has said in the past when Democrats have flirted with protectionist ideas....

Show notes for Ep. 67

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0:00.0

Contra Krugman, episode 67.

0:05.2

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

0:09.9

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

0:14.6

arrows of Kruikman.

0:15.8

Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and destroyer of nations.

0:19.8

It's time for Contra Krukman.

0:23.9

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0:28.1

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0:34.4

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0:40.1

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0:43.0

Hey, everybody. Friendly neighborhood economist Bob Murphy here. A lot of people have been

0:46.8

contacted me and saying, Bob, we love Contra Krugman, but can you do another podcast where

0:51.0

you just talk about current events in the financial sector without filtering it through whatever Paul Kroom happened to say that week, turns out you're in luck.

0:57.9

I do have another podcast that fits that bill.

1:01.0

It's with my co-author, Carlos Lara.

1:03.6

So to access this, just go to laramurphy.com.

1:06.2

That's L-A-R-A-Murphy.com, and you'll see the tab for the podcast is along the top toolbar.

1:12.9

Hope you'll check it out.

1:14.3

Hello, everybody. Tom and Bob here with another episode of Contra Krugman.

1:18.0

We're a little bit late with this one.

1:20.1

Or early for the next one?

1:22.0

Not really, because I think we're going to do another one later this week to make up for this.

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