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Contra Krugman

Ep. 217 Do Deficits Help Depressed Economies?

Contra Krugman

Tom Woods

News, News & Politics, Business News

4.7822 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Krugman complains that during the Obama years, when deficit spending was desperately needed, obstructionist Republicans opposed it out of what they claimed was principle, but was mere spite. Now, he says, with a Republican in the White House, they couldn't care less about deficits. What's really going on here? That's our topic for this episode.

Show notes for Ep. 217

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0:00.0

Contra Krugman, episode 217.

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 Krookman.

0:16.1

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

0:20.2

It's time for Contra Krukman.

0:24.3

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0:57.2

Everybody, Tom and Bob here with another episode of Contra Krugman. We got a good one here today

1:01.8

because we got some more or less economics with a little dash of partisanship thrown in,

1:07.8

we'll say, but there's certainly some economic claims being made in this

1:13.2

column. So we're going to sink our teeth into these. Now, it would help a lot if you had Bob's book,

1:19.5

Contra Krugman, because Bob has smashed this more or less to smithereens already, but you're going to

1:25.3

have the pleasure of hearing it smashed in audio form

1:28.2

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1:33.4

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1:38.8

and so awesome. But anyway, have it out of that. Enough about that. Let's talk about the column, Bob.

1:47.1

I'm going to summarize this baby if you're ready for me to do that.

1:48.1

I am ready.

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