Ep. 205 Is This Evidence of an Authoritarian Regime?
Contra Krugman
Tom Woods
4.7 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Krugman argues that an undemocratic, authoritarian regime is being built in the United States, and cites Sharpiegate and Trump's treatment of the auto industry as prime examples.
Show notes for Ep. 205
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| 0:00.0 | Contra Krugman, episode 205. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome to the podcast that takes apart Paul Kruikman's New York Times column. |
| 0:10.2 | Join us as Tom Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the arrows of Krukman. |
| 0:16.1 | Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and destroyer of nations. |
| 0:20.2 | It's time for Contra Krukman. |
| 0:24.4 | Hey folks, I just want to give you a plug here for my podcast, the Bob Murphy Show. Many of you, |
| 0:29.9 | I'm sure, are aware of it. But in case you haven't checked it out, the last several episodes have |
| 0:34.6 | really been just exceptional, in my opinion. No, but lots of people have said, |
| 0:38.1 | Wow, Bob, you're really firing on all cylinders now. If you haven't given it a shot, go to |
| 0:42.0 | Bob Murphy Show.com. Hey, everybody, Tom and Bob here with another episode of Contra Krugman. |
| 0:47.8 | Today, we are dealing with a Krugman column called How Democracy Dies American Style, dated September 9th, 2019. |
| 0:56.7 | Linked as always on the show notes page, contra Krugman.com slash 205. |
| 1:01.0 | Bob, I'm just going to go right in there, say a little something, and then you are off to the races, |
| 1:06.4 | my friend. |
| 1:06.8 | You ready? |
| 1:07.6 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:08.2 | All right, here we go. |
| 1:09.2 | So it's the usual thing about how authoritarianism is on the |
| 1:13.0 | rise around the world and also in the United States. And Krugman is going to give what he thinks |
| 1:18.7 | are a couple of examples of this. And the first of these is so-called Sharpie Gate, which Krugman |
| 1:25.7 | describes as Donald Trump's inability to admit that he misstated a |
| 1:29.4 | weather projection by claiming that Alabama was at risk from Hurricane Dorian. And he says, |
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