Ep. 206 Are You Deranged for Opposing Regulation?
Contra Krugman
Tom Woods
4.7 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Krugman says people on the political right get inordinately worked up over minor regulations that have a clear public benefit, and that such people now have a champion in the White House. Could there be a reason other than derangement for why people get upset about various kinds of regulation? Bob and Tom discuss.
Show notes for Ep. 206
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| 0:00.0 | Contra Krugman, episode 206. |
| 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 arrows of Krookman. |
| 0:16.0 | Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and destroyer of nations. |
| 0:20.1 | It's time for Contra Krugman. |
| 0:24.3 | Folks, as you know, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been spreading some pretty terrible ideas, |
| 0:29.1 | and she's wrong on just about everything. Well, I've put together the definitive smash of all |
| 0:33.6 | of it. The Green New Deal, affordable housing, so-called, free college, high tax rates. |
| 0:39.1 | It's in another free e-book, yes, a free e-book called AOC is Wrong, the upside-down world of |
| 0:44.2 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Grab your free copy at AOCiswrong.com. |
| 0:50.6 | Hey, everybody, Tom and Bob here with another episode of Contra Krugman. |
| 0:53.6 | Talking about regulation today, Bob, I got the column here, ready to go. |
| 0:58.0 | How about I just kick this baby on out and we get talking? |
| 1:02.1 | You ready? |
| 1:02.9 | Do you want to tell the folks about the major decision? |
| 1:07.0 | Do I want to tell them that now? |
| 1:09.2 | No, let's force them to listen to the summary first. |
| 1:12.4 | Okay? Yes. They're going to listen to the summary first. This is a column from September 18th, 2019. |
| 1:19.8 | It's called the Roots of Regulation Rage. We're going to link to it, of course, as always, at contra |
| 1:24.3 | Krugman.com slash 206. And basically the gist of this column is that we all know that conservatives just hate regulation |
| 1:33.0 | and Trump is perfect for them because he's channeling that hatred into policy. |
| 1:39.5 | And he says he has scrapped or emasculated rules designed to limit everything from predatory lending to |
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