Contra Krugman

By Bob Murphy and Tom Woods

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Join Bob Murphy and Tom Woods in this weekly libertarian podcast as they teach economics by refuting Paul Krugman's New York Times column. Plus, expect special guests like Ron Paul, David Stockman, and more!

Episode Date
Ep. 225 The Final Episode
Jun 10, 2020
Ep. 224 Krugman Bravely Comes Out Against Killing Workers
May 23, 2020
Ep. 223 Krugman Unwittingly Agrees the Fed Has Driven Stock Market Since 2007
May 11, 2020
Ep. 222 Why Won't We Listen to the Experts?
Apr 26, 2020
Ep. 221 The Destructive Coronavirus Response, Cheered by Krugman
Apr 11, 2020
Ep. 220 Coronavirus Economics
Mar 29, 2020
Ep. 219 Krugman Wants Perpetual Deficits
Mar 14, 2020
Ep. 218 We Need Financial Regulation, Says Krugman
Mar 01, 2020
Ep. 217 Do Deficits Help Depressed Economies?
Feb 16, 2020
Ep. 216 Krugman Hearts Greta Thunberg
Feb 03, 2020
Ep. 215 Don't Worry About the Deficit!
Jan 19, 2020
Ep. 214 Austerity Is Just What the World's Economies Needed
Jan 06, 2020
Ep. 213 Trump's Tariff War a Flop?
Dec 23, 2019
Ep. 212 Trump, Crony Capitalism, and Impeachment
Dec 07, 2019
Ep. 211 LIVE FROM VIENNA: Is Europe an Example for the U.S.?
Nov 25, 2019
Ep. 210 Elizabeth Warren's Fiscal Fantasies
Nov 09, 2019
Ep. 209 Robots Aren't the Problem
Oct 27, 2019
Ep. 208 Debt Is Money We Owe to Ourselves, Idiot!
Oct 13, 2019
Ep. 207 Krugman Embraces Warren, Discards Economics
Oct 05, 2019
Ep. 206 Are You Deranged for Opposing Regulation?
Sep 21, 2019
Ep. 205 Is This Evidence of an Authoritarian Regime?
Sep 14, 2019
Ep. 204 Krugman's Worst Blunders
Sep 08, 2019
Ep. 203 Deeper Economic Analysis of Slavery, Free Trade vs. Welfare, and Debt Repudiation
Aug 31, 2019
Ep. 202 David Stockman on Western Regimes Entering Cuckoo Land
Aug 23, 2019
Ep. 201 The White Nationalist Hoax
Aug 17, 2019
Ep. 200 Krugman on Bonds & Uncertainty: Interesting, But Still Wrong
Aug 10, 2019
Ep. 199 Krugman: Trump's Tax Cuts Make the 1% -- and Rich Foreigners -- Richer
Aug 03, 2019
Ep. 198 Should We Prevent the Rich from Living Longer?
Jul 26, 2019
Ep. 197 Is Privatization (Including Prisons) Expensive and Evil?
Jul 21, 2019
Ep. 196 There Aren't Any Socialists in the Democratic Party?
Jul 10, 2019
Ep. 195 Trump Demands Lower Interest Rates; Krugman's Head Explodes
Jun 28, 2019
Ep. 194 Elizabeth Warren Has Some Great Ideas
Jun 22, 2019
Ep. 193 How Dare Trump Criticize Britain's National Health Service
Jun 15, 2019
Ep. 192 Your Deepest Questions About the Fed Answered
Jun 08, 2019
Ep. 191 Krugman Admits Hurting Trump Better Than Helping the Country, When It Comes to Infrastructure
Jun 03, 2019
Ep. 190 Universal Basic Income, Trade Deficits, and Other Areas of Confusion
May 25, 2019
Ep. 189 The Truth About Trump and the Tariffs
May 19, 2019
Ep. 188 Trump's Economy Proves Keynesianism is Right, Says Krugman
May 10, 2019
Ep. 187 It's OK for Bernie to Be Rich Because He's Not Evil
May 05, 2019
Ep. 186 Krugman Finally Mentions Mueller -- and It's Straight Outta Orwell
Apr 28, 2019
Ep. 185 David Stockman Joins Us to Shred Economist's Love Letter to the Fed
Apr 23, 2019
Ep. 184 What Is Trump Doing to the Fed?
Apr 14, 2019
Ep. 183 Contra Ocasio-Cortez
Apr 06, 2019
Ep. 182 Hooray for the Minimum Wage? How Economists Went Off Track
Mar 30, 2019
Ep. 181 Don't Blame Robots for Low Wages
Mar 23, 2019
Ep. 180 Are We Full of Irrational Rage? (This One's a Doozy)
Mar 16, 2019
Ep. 179 How to Defeat a Smear Attack Against You
Mar 09, 2019
Ep. 178 Let's Socialize the Family, Say Warren and Krugman
Mar 04, 2019
Ep. 177 Semi-Sensible Krugman vs. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
Feb 23, 2019
Ep. 176 Trump vs. Socialism?
Feb 14, 2019
Ep. 175 The Free Market: Unpopular Without Racism
Feb 08, 2019
Ep. 174 They Are Really Coming After the Rich
Feb 02, 2019
Ep. 173 The Case for One-Third Communism
Jan 26, 2019
Ep. 172 The Government Shutdown: A Big Libertarian Experiment?
Jan 19, 2019
Ep. 171 The Economics of Soaking the Rich
Jan 12, 2019
Ep. 170 Are Conservatives Hypocrites on Fed Policy?
Jan 07, 2019
Ep. 169 You Want the Free Market? You're Unscientific and a Hack
Dec 23, 2018
Ep. 168 The Problems With the Green New Deal
Dec 18, 2018
Ep. 167 How Can a Free Society Handle Terrorism, Climate Change, and Quarantines?
Dec 12, 2018
Ep. 166 Krugman's Recent Q&A: His (Lousy) Answers, and Ours
Dec 01, 2018
Ep. 165 Why Did a Booming Economy Hit a Snag? (You'll Never Guess Krugman's Answer....)
Nov 19, 2018
Ep. 164 Krugman: Backward Hicks Keep Thwarting My Candidates
Nov 10, 2018
Ep. 163 Scott Horton on Trump, the Saudis, and Murder
Nov 05, 2018
Ep. 162 LIVE FROM THE CONTRA CRUISE: Hard Questions for Libertarians
Oct 27, 2018
Ep. 161 The Huge Problem the Fed Caused When It, Ahem, Solved the Last Problem
Oct 20, 2018
Ep. 160 Climate Change Alarmists Prematurely Cheer New Nobel Winner
Oct 15, 2018
Ep. 159 We're All Angry, Envious White Men
Oct 08, 2018
Ep. 158 How to Be Elegant When Smashing Your Enemies With a Sledgehammer
Sep 29, 2018
Ep. 157 Krugman's Model Worked Great -- So Long as He Writes the History Books
Sep 22, 2018
Ep. 156 Brett Kavanaugh Will Kill the Constitution, Krugman Says
Sep 14, 2018
Ep. 155 What Would Happen If One Country Became Free, and the Rest Had States?
Sep 08, 2018
Ep. 154 The Economic Freedom of the States Proves Our Point, Not Krugman's
Sep 01, 2018
Ep. 153 Elizabeth Warren's Accountable Capitalism Act
Aug 26, 2018
Ep. 152 Krugman Hearts Pelosi for Giving Us Obamacare, Stimulus, Financial Reform
Aug 18, 2018
Ep. 151 Krugman Is a Crypto-Skeptic, and for Lousy Reasons
Aug 11, 2018
Ep. 150 We Need the State to Protect Workers
Aug 04, 2018
Ep. 149 How to Unwind the Welfare State
Jul 30, 2018
Ep. 148 LIVE FROM MISES U: Why Does Austrian Economics Matter to the Average Person?
Jul 24, 2018
Ep. 147 Krugman Hearts Democratic Socialists; We Don't
Jul 15, 2018
Ep. 146 Trump's Fake Victories?
Jul 09, 2018
Ep. 145 The Libertarian Wing of the Libertarian Party
Jul 03, 2018
Ep. 144 How to Answer Climate Alarmists? Read Their Own Reports
Jun 23, 2018
Ep. 143 Here's What Krugman Did to Win the Nobel Prize
Jun 16, 2018
Ep. 142 KRUGMAN FLATTENED: The Neocons Are Sincere, He Says, But Everyone Else Is a Shill for the Coal Industry
Jun 09, 2018
Ep. 141 Do You Want the Crankish Monetary System We Have Now, or This Other Crankish Monetary System?
Jun 02, 2018
Ep. 140 Fascism Is Coming to Europe
May 25, 2018
Ep. 139 Why Are Drug Prices So High in the U.S.?
May 19, 2018
Ep. 138 The War on Dissidents, Which Krugman Pretends Not to See
May 13, 2018
Ep. 137 Is Taxation Theft? Not If You're Not Entitled to Your Paycheck in the First Place, Says Philosopher
May 07, 2018
Ep. 136 You Hate Schoolteachers, and Education, and Knowledge
Apr 30, 2018
Ep. 135 Evil Fossil Fuel People Are Keeping Renewable Energy Down!
Apr 21, 2018
Ep. 134 Liberals Are Honest, Aren't Bootlickers, and Admit Their Mistakes, Unlike Krugman's Stupid and Evil Enemies
Apr 12, 2018
Ep. 133 Protectionism Doesn't Cause Depressions, But Here's What It Does Do
Apr 09, 2018
Ep. 132 The Phillips Curve and Keynesian La-La Land: The Alleged Relationship Between Unemployment and Inflation
Mar 31, 2018
Ep. 131 Trade and Tariffs, and Should We Fear a Strong Dollar?
Mar 23, 2018
Ep. 130 Contra Robert Reich
Mar 19, 2018
Ep. 129 Trump's Tariffs Are Bad (and So Is Krugman)
Mar 14, 2018
Ep. 128 The Destructive Idiocy of "Modern Monetary Theory"
Mar 05, 2018
Ep. 127 Krugman Is Half Right: He Says Half the Political Class Are Liars
Feb 24, 2018
Ep. 126 Deficit Hawks Are Hypocrites (Says Krugman, Who Is 100% Not a Hypocrite)
Feb 16, 2018
Ep. 125 Is the Stock Market Telling Us Something?
Feb 09, 2018
Ep. 124 Bitcoin Is Evil, and a Bubble, Says Krugman
Feb 02, 2018
Ep. 123 We're Forgetting How Bad Previous Presidents Were
Jan 26, 2018
Ep. 122 Varieties of Wrongness: The Different Kinds of Keynesianism
Jan 21, 2018
Ep. 121 We've Never Had a President Who.... Oh, Really?
Jan 12, 2018
Ep. 120 Krugman Tries to Explain Away the 2017 Economy
Jan 10, 2018
Ep. 119 Is Bitcoin More Evil Than Krugman?
Dec 31, 2017
Ep. 118 Krugman Talks Taxes, Debt, and the Innovative Post Office
Dec 23, 2017
Ep. 117 How Bob Smacked Down Krugman on the Financial Crisis
Dec 17, 2017
Ep. 116 Krugman Hearts the Neocons for Their Principles
Dec 06, 2017
Ep. 115 Brutal: Contra Krugman Takes on Krugman's P.C. List of America's Sins
Dec 02, 2017
Ep. 114 What's Wrong With Keynes, in a Nutshell
Nov 25, 2017
Ep. 113 Will Tax Cuts Mean Millions of Lost Manufacturing Jobs?
Nov 18, 2017
Ep. 112 Don't Get Excited About Tax Cuts, Says Krugman; Results Will Be Pitiful
Nov 11, 2017
Ep. 111 Cutting Corporate Taxes Helps Only "The Rich," Says Krugman
Nov 04, 2017
Ep. 110 Krugman Demands We Admit Our Mistakes, Embrace the Fed
Oct 29, 2017
Ep. 109 LIVE from the Contra Cruise: Do People Behave the Way Economists Predict?
Oct 21, 2017
Ep. 108 Do We Need an Interventionist at the Fed?
Oct 16, 2017
Ep. 107 The Problems With Tax Reform
Oct 08, 2017
Ep. 106 One of the Top Krugman Errors Ever, Literally Out of Economics 101
Oct 01, 2017
Ep. 105 How Bad Is the Latest GOP Health Care Bill? (Includes Great Bob/Tom Banter)
Sep 25, 2017
Ep. 104 Another 9/11 Anniversary, and the Political Class Is Still Stupid (and/or Evil)
Sep 16, 2017
Ep. 103 Krugman Fair With Sessions? Keep DREAMing
Sep 09, 2017
Ep. 102 Hurricane Harvey, Climate Change
Sep 02, 2017
Ep. 101 Krugman: Trump and Republicans Plot Against Workers
Aug 25, 2017
Ep. 100 Ron Paul’s Guide to 2017
Aug 17, 2017
Ep. 99 Krugman Doesn't Get What Happened in 2008
Aug 11, 2017
Ep. 98 Do Krugman's Opponents Lie About Taxes, Health Care, and Everything Else? Or Is Krugman Just Dead Wrong?
Aug 04, 2017
Ep. 97 How Central Banks Hurt Regular People (LIVE from Mises U)
Aug 01, 2017
Ep. 96 Long Ago, Weren't Conservatives Better Than They Are Now?
Jul 21, 2017
Ep. 95 Do Economic Laws Have Expiration Dates?
Jul 17, 2017
Ep. 94 The Disastrous Results of a Trade War
Jul 09, 2017
Ep. 93 The Seattle Minimum Wage Policy Is a Disaster
Jun 30, 2017
Ep. 92 Krugman Says GOP Policies Are Zombies and Vampires
Jun 24, 2017
Ep. 91 You Know Where There Won't Be a Shipwreck
Jun 18, 2017
Ep. 90 Trump Has Destroyed the Planet!
Jun 12, 2017
Ep. 89 Risking the Planet?
Jun 03, 2017
Ep. 88 Krugman: Free Markets Are the Real Road to Serfdom!
May 27, 2017
Ep. 87 LIVE IN SEATTLE: Krugman Wrong on Everything
May 24, 2017
Ep. 86 Krugman Warns Fellow Elites: We Are Under Attack
May 12, 2017
Ep. 85 Trump Is Terrible, and His Supporters Won't Admit It, Says Krugman
May 08, 2017
Ep. 84 Tax Cuts, Shmax Cuts: They're Overrated, Says Krugman
May 01, 2017
Ep. 83 Why All the Talk About Manufacturing? Don't All Jobs Matter?
Apr 21, 2017
Ep. 82 Is Krugman Right About Syria?
Apr 13, 2017
Ep. 81 Trump the President and Trump the Candidate Seem Rather Different
Apr 08, 2017
Ep. 80 When Krugman Struck Back at Bob on Business Cycles
Mar 31, 2017
Ep. 79 Since Government Is Awesome, Where and Why Would You Cut the Budget?
Mar 24, 2017
Ep. 78 If You're Not a Keynesian, You're Not Living in Reality
Mar 17, 2017
Ep. 77 It's Easy to Criticize, But How Good Are Self-Proclaimed Free Market People at Devising Alternatives?
Mar 12, 2017
Ep. 76 Has Obamacare Really Saved Lives? Plus: Now Krugman Knows How Libertarians Feel All the Time
Mar 05, 2017
Ep. 75 Tax Cutting and Deregulation: It's a Myth That These Cause Economic Growth!!
Feb 26, 2017
Ep. 74 If Ignorance Is Strength, How Strong Is Krugman?
Feb 18, 2017
Ep. 73 Trade, Tariffs, Walls, and Trump
Feb 10, 2017
Ep. 72 Will Trump Make Manufacturing Decline Faster?
Feb 05, 2017
Ep. 71 Krugman: Things Are Going to Get Worse, and When They Do, My Opponents Will Manufacture Their Own Reality
Jan 29, 2017
Ep. 70 The Obama Years: A Libertarian Assessment
Jan 21, 2017
Ep. 69 This Is Why Our Podcast Exists: Krugman Literally Says Deficits Matter Again -- at the Very Moment a Republican Takes Over
Jan 11, 2017
Ep. 68 Corruption: What Krugman Sees, and What He Pretends Not to See
Jan 07, 2017
Ep. 67 Protectionism Is Bad (but When Democrats Support It, Krugman Will Find Excuses)
Jan 03, 2017
Ep. 66 Krugman's a Little Late to Be Worrying About the Republic: His Analogies with the Ancient World Are Lame
Dec 23, 2016
Ep. 65 Did the Russians Hack the Election?
Dec 16, 2016
Ep. 64 Why It's Impossible to Keep Only the "Good Parts" of Obamacare
Dec 11, 2016
Ep. 63 On Education, We Catch Krugman Telling the Exact Opposite of the Truth
Dec 03, 2016
Ep. 62 Krugman Desperate to Oppose Trump Infrastructure Stimulus
Nov 23, 2016
Ep. 61 Surprise: Krugman's Concerned about the Debt Again
Nov 20, 2016
Ep. 60 Krugman Copes With Trump: Special Guest David Stockman
Nov 13, 2016
Ep. 59 The Media's Tough on Hillary Because of Right-Wing Pressure, Says Paul "La-La Land" Krugman
Nov 06, 2016
Ep. 58 Only Idiots Worry About the National Debt
Oct 29, 2016
Ep. 57 Everything Is Awesome, So Why Are Trump and Ryan Complaining, Wonders Krugman
Oct 21, 2016
Ep. 56 LIVE from the Contra Cruise: How Krugman Wants to Make You Poorer
Oct 15, 2016
Ep. 55 Krugman, Trump, and Trade
Oct 09, 2016
Ep. 54 Watch Out: Hillary and the Government Want to Help Families
Sep 30, 2016
Ep. 53 Krugman's Stern Warning: Don't You Dare Vote for the Crazy Libertarians
Sep 23, 2016
Ep. 52 Why Would Anyone Think Hillary Clinton Isn't Truthful?
Sep 17, 2016
Ep. 51 Not Voting Democrat? Then You Want to Kill Children, Says Krugman
Sep 09, 2016
Ep. 50 Cuts to Planned Parenthood Caused Pregnant Women to Die? Here's the Real Story Behind This Whopper
Sep 03, 2016
Ep. 49 Obamacare Sinking? Why, It's Just a Flesh Wound, Says Krugman!
Aug 29, 2016
Ep. 48 Where Does Economic Growth Come From? Krugman Genuinely Stumped
Aug 20, 2016
Ep. 47 Time for Lots of Borrowing and Spending?
Aug 13, 2016
Ep. 46 Krugman to NeverTrumpers: Hillary Probably Won't Be a Disaster
Aug 05, 2016
Ep. 45 Contra Krugman LIVE: Are We Just Like Milton Friedman? Where Austria and Chicago Differ
Aug 02, 2016
Ep. 44 Booming Stock Market Indicates Bad Times, Says Krugman
Jul 24, 2016
Ep. 43 Krugman Says Investors Have Given Up Hope...So, What Happened to that Obama Recovery, Paul?
Jul 16, 2016
Ep. 42 Without Government, Workers Are Doomed
Jul 09, 2016
Ep. 41 Brexit and Liberty: Krugman Wrong Again
Jun 21, 2016
Ep. 40 Krugman Shocked by GOP "Scandals," Not So Shocked at Destruction of Libya, Iraq
Jun 19, 2016
Ep. 39 It's Easy to Fix the Slowing Economy: Try Something That's Never Worked, Says Krugman
Jun 12, 2016
Ep. 38 When Businessmen Are Clueless About the Economy
Jun 05, 2016
Ep. 37 Our Most Brutal Takedown Yet: Krugman on the Clinton Economy
Jun 01, 2016
Ep. 36 LIVE FROM SEATTLE: Krugman's Greatest Hits
May 23, 2016
Ep. 35 Debt Default: Good or Bad?
May 15, 2016
Ep. 34 What the World Needs Is More Spending
May 07, 2016
Ep. 33 Krugman and Hamilton Sitting in a Tree
Apr 30, 2016
Ep. 32 Why Antitrust Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Apr 23, 2016
Ep. 31 The Nonsensical Case for More Regulation
Apr 15, 2016
Ep. 30 Obama's Been a Great President? Not So Fast
Apr 09, 2016
Ep. 29 We're Told to Fear Globalization, but We Shouldn't
Apr 02, 2016
Ep. 28 Income Mobility Really Does Exist, Paul Krugman
Mar 26, 2016
Ep. 27 Is Free Trade Good or Bad?
Mar 18, 2016
Ep. 26: Trump, China, Trade, and Currency Manipulation: It's All Here
Mar 11, 2016
Ep. 25 Krugman Says: You Racist Republicans Paved Way for Trump
Mar 05, 2016
Ep. 24 Krugman Attacks Bernie; Bernie's Supporters Hit Back
Feb 26, 2016
Ep. 23 Krugman: You're Stupid If You Oppose Stimulus
Feb 19, 2016
Ep. 22 Fear Balanced Budgets and Sound Money, Warns Krugman
Feb 13, 2016
Ep. 21 Did the Financial Crisis Occur Because the Fed Was Too Timid?
Feb 06, 2016
Ep. 20 Government Water Supply Is Contaminated? Don't Blame Government, Urges Krugman
Jan 29, 2016
Ep. 19 Enough About Inequality Already; Here's the Truth
Jan 22, 2016
Ep. 18 Krugman on China: No Matter What Happens, He's Proven Right!
Jan 15, 2016
Ep. 17 The Dramatic Consequences of American Elections, and Yes, We're Being Sarcastic
Jan 09, 2016
Ep. 16 George W. Bush Was for Small Government, Says Krugman
Jan 02, 2016
Ep. 15 Krugman Calls for Housing Bubble, Tries to Weasel Out of It, Then Blames Capitalism
Dec 26, 2015
Ep. 14 Krugman's Climate Hysteria Refuted
Dec 19, 2015
Ep. 13 Krugman's Lame Defense of the Obama Economy
Dec 12, 2015
Ep. 12 Krugman Wants Less Regulation; Our Podcast Is Wearing Him Down
Dec 05, 2015
Ep. 11 Ignore the Bad News About Obamacare! Everything Is Fine!
Nov 27, 2015
Ep. 10 Terrorism Creates Jobs
Nov 21, 2015
Ep. 9 Is Conservative Rhetoric Making White Men Kill Themselves? Krugman Thinks So
Nov 14, 2015
Ep. 8 Does the Economy Perform Better Under Democrats?
Nov 06, 2015
Ep. 7 Obamacare Is a Big Success, Says Krugman
Oct 31, 2015
Ep. 6 Enough About Denmark Already: Here's What Krugman and Sanders Left Out
Oct 23, 2015
Ep. 5 Who's Crazy?
Oct 17, 2015
Ep. 4 Krugman Hearts Solar and Wind, Attacks Fossil Fuels
Oct 10, 2015
Ep. 3: Trump Is Right About Economics, Says Krugman
Oct 01, 2015
Ep. 2: Do the World's Governments Need More Debt?
Oct 01, 2015
Ep. 1: Why Contra Krugman?
Oct 01, 2015