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Ep. 125 Is the Stock Market Telling Us Something?

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Ep. 124 Bitcoin Is Evil, and a Bubble, Says Krugman

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Ep. 123 We're Forgetting How Bad Previous Presidents Were

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Ep. 122 Varieties of Wrongness: The Different Kinds of Keynesianism

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Ep. 121 We've Never Had a President Who.... Oh, Really?

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Ep. 120 Krugman Tries to Explain Away the 2017 Economy

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Ep. 119 Is Bitcoin More Evil Than Krugman?

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Ep. 118 Krugman Talks Taxes, Debt, and the Innovative Post Office

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Ep. 117 How Bob Smacked Down Krugman on the Financial Crisis

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Ep. 116 Krugman Hearts the Neocons for Their Principles

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Ep. 115 Brutal: Contra Krugman Takes on Krugman's P.C. List of America's Sins

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Ep. 114 What's Wrong With Keynes, in a Nutshell

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Ep. 113 Will Tax Cuts Mean Millions of Lost Manufacturing Jobs?

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Ep. 112 Don't Get Excited About Tax Cuts, Says Krugman; Results Will Be Pitiful

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Ep. 111 Cutting Corporate Taxes Helps Only "The Rich," Says Krugman

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Ep. 110 Krugman Demands We Admit Our Mistakes, Embrace the Fed

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Ep. 109 LIVE from the Contra Cruise: Do People Behave the Way Economists Predict?

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Ep. 108 Do We Need an Interventionist at the Fed?

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Ep. 107 The Problems With Tax Reform

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Ep. 106 One of the Top Krugman Errors Ever, Literally Out of Economics 101

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Ep. 105 How Bad Is the Latest GOP Health Care Bill? (Includes Great Bob/Tom Banter)

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Ep. 104 Another 9/11 Anniversary, and the Political Class Is Still Stupid (and/or Evil)

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Ep. 103 Krugman Fair With Sessions? Keep DREAMing

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Ep. 102 Hurricane Harvey, Climate Change

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Ep. 101 Krugman: Trump and Republicans Plot Against Workers

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Ep. 100 Ron Paul's Guide to 2017

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Ep. 99 Krugman Doesn't Get What Happened in 2008

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Ep. 98 Do Krugman's Opponents Lie About Taxes, Health Care, and Everything Else? Or Is Krugman Just Dead Wrong?

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Ep. 97 How Central Banks Hurt Regular People (LIVE from Mises U)

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Ep. 96 Long Ago, Weren't Conservatives Better Than They Are Now?

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Ep. 95 Do Economic Laws Have Expiration Dates?

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Ep. 94 The Disastrous Results of a Trade War

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Ep. 93 The Seattle Minimum Wage Policy Is a Disaster

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Ep. 92 Krugman Says GOP Policies Are Zombies and Vampires

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Ep. 91 You Know Where There Won't Be a Shipwreck

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Ep. 90 Trump Has Destroyed the Planet!

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Ep. 89 Risking the Planet?

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Ep. 88 Krugman: Free Markets Are the Real Road to Serfdom!

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Ep. 87 LIVE IN SEATTLE: Krugman Wrong on Everything

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Ep. 86 Krugman Warns Fellow Elites: We Are Under Attack

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Ep. 85 Trump Is Terrible, and His Supporters Won't Admit It, Says Krugman

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Ep. 84 Tax Cuts, Shmax Cuts: They're Overrated, Says Krugman

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Ep. 83 Why All the Talk About Manufacturing? Don't All Jobs Matter?

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Ep. 82 Is Krugman Right About Syria?

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Ep. 81 Trump the President and Trump the Candidate Seem Rather Different

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Ep. 80 When Krugman Struck Back at Bob on Business Cycles

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Ep. 79 Since Government Is Awesome, Where and Why Would You Cut the Budget?

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Ep. 78 If You're Not a Keynesian, You're Not Living in Reality

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Ep. 77 It's Easy to Criticize, But How Good Are Self-Proclaimed Free Market People at Devising Alternatives?

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Ep. 76 Has Obamacare Really Saved Lives? Plus: Now Krugman Knows How Libertarians Feel All the Time

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Ep. 75 Tax Cutting and Deregulation: It's a Myth That These Cause Economic Growth!!

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Ep. 74 If Ignorance Is Strength, How Strong Is Krugman?

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Ep. 73 Trade, Tariffs, Walls, and Trump

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Ep. 72 Will Trump Make Manufacturing Decline Faster?

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Ep. 71 Krugman: Things Are Going to Get Worse, and When They Do, My Opponents Will Manufacture Their Own Reality

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Ep. 70 The Obama Years: A Libertarian Assessment

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Ep. 69 This Is Why Our Podcast Exists: Krugman Literally Says Deficits Matter Again -- at the Very Moment a Republican Takes Over

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Ep. 68 Corruption: What Krugman Sees, and What He Pretends Not to See

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Ep. 67 Protectionism Is Bad (but When Democrats Support It, Krugman Will Find Excuses)

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Ep. 66 Krugman's a Little Late to Be Worrying About the Republic: His Analogies with the Ancient World Are Lame

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Ep. 65 Did the Russians Hack the Election?

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Ep. 64 Why It's Impossible to Keep Only the "Good Parts" of Obamacare

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Ep. 63 On Education, We Catch Krugman Telling the Exact Opposite of the Truth

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Ep. 62 Krugman Desperate to Oppose Trump Infrastructure Stimulus

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Ep. 61 Surprise: Krugman's Concerned about the Debt Again

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Ep. 60 Krugman Copes With Trump: Special Guest David Stockman

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Ep. 59 The Media's Tough on Hillary Because of Right-Wing Pressure, Says Paul "La-La Land" Krugman

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Ep. 58 Only Idiots Worry About the National Debt

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Ep. 57 Everything Is Awesome, So Why Are Trump and Ryan Complaining, Wonders Krugman

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Ep. 56 LIVE from the Contra Cruise: How Krugman Wants to Make You Poorer

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Ep. 55 Krugman, Trump, and Trade

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Ep. 54 Watch Out: Hillary and the Government Want to Help Families

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Ep. 53 Krugman's Stern Warning: Don't You Dare Vote for the Crazy Libertarians

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Ep. 52 Why Would Anyone Think Hillary Clinton Isn't Truthful?

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Ep. 51 Not Voting Democrat? Then You Want to Kill Children, Says Krugman

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Ep. 50 Cuts to Planned Parenthood Caused Pregnant Women to Die? Here's the Real Story Behind This Whopper

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Ep. 49 Obamacare Sinking? Why, It's Just a Flesh Wound, Says Krugman!

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Ep. 48 Where Does Economic Growth Come From? Krugman Genuinely Stumped

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Ep. 47 Time for Lots of Borrowing and Spending?

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Ep. 46 Krugman to NeverTrumpers: Hillary Probably Won't Be a Disaster

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Ep. 45 Contra Krugman LIVE: Are We Just Like Milton Friedman? Where Austria and Chicago Differ

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Ep. 44 Booming Stock Market Indicates Bad Times, Says Krugman

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Ep. 43 Krugman Says Investors Have Given Up Hope...So, What Happened to that Obama Recovery, Paul?

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Ep. 42 Without Government, Workers Are Doomed

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Ep. 41 Brexit and Liberty: Krugman Wrong Again

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Ep. 40 Krugman Shocked by GOP "Scandals," Not So Shocked at Destruction of Libya, Iraq

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Ep. 39 It's Easy to Fix the Slowing Economy: Try Something That's Never Worked, Says Krugman

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Ep. 38 When Businessmen Are Clueless About the Economy

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Ep. 37 Our Most Brutal Takedown Yet: Krugman on the Clinton Economy

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Ep. 36 LIVE FROM SEATTLE: Krugman's Greatest Hits

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Ep. 35 Debt Default: Good or Bad?

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Ep. 34 What the World Needs Is More Spending

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Ep. 33 Krugman and Hamilton Sitting in a Tree

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Ep. 32 Why Antitrust Is the Problem, Not the Solution

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Ep. 31 The Nonsensical Case for More Regulation

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Ep. 30 Obama's Been a Great President? Not So Fast

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Ep. 29 We're Told to Fear Globalization, but We Shouldn't

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Ep. 28 Income Mobility Really Does Exist, Paul Krugman

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Ep. 27 Is Free Trade Good or Bad?

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Ep. 26: Trump, China, Trade, and Currency Manipulation: It's All Here