Contra Krugman Bob Murphy and Tom Woods
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Join Bob Murphy and Tom Woods in this weekly libertarian podcast as they teach economics by refuting Paul Krugman's New York Times column. Plus, expect special guests like Ron Paul, David Stockman, and more!
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Ep. 225 The Final Episode
On this final episode of Contra Krugman after nearly five years, we analyze Krugman's horrified response to state reopenings after the lockdowns.
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Ep. 224 Krugman Bravely Comes Out Against Killing Workers
With his usual magnanimity, Krugman declares that the epidemiologists have been completely accurate in their warnings during the pandemic, whereas those who want to reopen the economy are trying to kill workers. Tom and Bob beg to differ.
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Ep. 223 Krugman Unwittingly Agrees the Fed Has Driven Stock Market Since 2007
In his attempt to praise Powell and criticize Trump, Krugman admits that the "real economy" is in terrible shape, and that the stock market has done well only because of low interest rates and the Fed's emergency actions. Krugman says this pattern holds not only for our post-covid world, but ever since the mid-2000s. He thus ironically agrees with Austrian critics who've warned for years that the Fed was blowing up massive asset bubbles.
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Ep. 222 Why Won't We Listen to the Experts?
Krugman is unhappy that the "right wing" is more apt to listen to people he considers quacks than to people he considers experts, and he says the COVID-19 problem is yet another example. We are unconvinced.
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Ep. 221 The Destructive Coronavirus Response, Cheered by Krugman
Guest co-host Richard Ebeling -- who was one of Bob's own economics professors -- joins me to discuss Krugman's qualified support for the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill recently signed into law, and why we shouldn't be cheering.
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Ep. 220 Coronavirus Economics
This episode delves into all the key questions surrounding the economics of the coronavirus crisis: bailouts, Federal Reserve policy, payments to individuals, the effects of the shutdown, and more.
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast!
Apologize for not listening lately but I can see from the descriptions that I have missed some good ones. I hope that you guys will leave them in your feed somewhere for the public to download. Just haven’t had any time and I think Krugman is pretty irrelevant now anyway since he has admitted to being wrong about neoliberal global capitalism; deficits, maybe not so much 😁. Great interplay between Tom and Bob, funny and erudite. Highly recommended. Happy thanksgiving day guys!
No wonder they stopped doing the show
Turns out Krugman was right. All Austrian School theories are a bunch of baloney lol
Simplistic, lazy podcast
A one-trick pony podcast spewing economic nonsense. Waste of time, no wonder it stopped broadcasting