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Contra Krugman

Ep. 189 The Truth About Trump and the Tariffs

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, News & Politics, Business News

4.7822 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The issue of international trade is not a simple one of a difference of opinion: Trump genuinely appears not to understand the subject. We sort it all out in this episode.

Show notes for Ep. 189

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0:00.0

Contra Krugman, episode 189.

0:05.4

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

0:10.1

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

0:14.8

arrows of Krukman.

0:16.0

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

0:20.0

It's time for Contra Krookman.

0:24.3

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0:30.6

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0:39.2

ideal cash flow management vehicle. To learn more, go to the case for IBC.com.

0:47.5

Hey everybody, Tom and Bob here with another episode of Contra Krugman. Krugman is on vacation,

0:51.7

but he wrote a column, it looks like, in which he just, apparently

0:55.6

he says he just couldn't help himself because of the controversy surrounding trade, so he wound

0:59.6

up submitting something.

1:01.0

Just at the last minute, as we were wondering, what in heaven's name are we going to talk about?

1:04.8

He comes out with an article on trade and tariffs, so we're going to be talking about that

1:09.7

one.

1:10.5

Bob is going to be taking over my job

1:12.8

on Contra Krugman today, mainly because I don't think I could do a very good job on this one,

1:17.8

summarizing it. But the real reason is I'm just too lazy to do it. But don't tell Bob.

1:23.1

So anyway, let's bring Bob Murphy on to the show. Bob, wonderful to have you here and with me.

1:29.4

And why don't you tell us what the column is, the date and all that?

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