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Contra Krugman

Ep. 209 Robots Aren't the Problem

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, News & Politics, Business News

4.7822 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Krugman criticizes Democrats who think automation is behind American job losses. But just when he's sounding sensible, he jumps back into "inadequate spending" being the problem.

Show notes for Ep. 209

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0:00.0

Contra Krugman, episode 209.

0:05.3

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

0:10.0

Join us as Tom Woods and Bob Murphy teach economics by uncovering and dissecting the arrows of Krookman.

0:15.9

Nobel Prize winner, newspaper columnist, and Destroyer of Nations.

0:19.9

It's time for Contra Krukman.

0:24.1

Hey folks, if you haven't done so already, I encourage you to check out my podcast,

0:28.3

The Bob Murphy Show. Had some really interesting interviews recently, and I got a lot more

0:32.9

already in the can that are going to be released shortly. Check it out at Bob Murphy's show.com.

0:41.4

Hey, everybody. It's Tom and Bob with another episode of Contra Krugman. Remember, we're doing

0:45.1

every other week now with Contra Krugman. And this time we mean it. This time we mean it. That's

0:50.4

right. Not like last time. But this time we mean it. And this time it's also working

0:54.5

very well because we're able to pick out a column that has something to do with economics that

0:59.3

is fruitful food for thought, at least after we filter it through our, you know, correct thinking

1:06.3

brains. The column is Democrats, comma, avoid the robot rabbit hole.

1:11.8

It's from October 17, 2019, linked at contra Krugman.com slash 209.

1:17.7

And the gist of this column is that Krugman thinks that the Democrats, obviously most

1:23.7

prominently Andrew Yang, but not only him, are making a mistake and going down the wrong

1:29.4

path when they get overly concerned about, oh, by the way, hello, Bob, glad to have you here.

1:35.4

I forgot to say, I just started right in. Hello. Thank you. Hello. Hello. My name is Bob. I am going

1:42.2

to participate. I'm doing a robot. Yeah, I get that was good

1:45.5

robot. See, every other week now I'm out of practice. I forget, you know, I got to say hello to Bob.

1:52.6

All right. Well, we've said hello to Bob. You get the just of the column here. For what it's worth,

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