On this final episode of Contra Krugman after nearly five years we analyze Krugman’s horrified response to state reopenings after the lockdowns. Krugman Column “On the Economics of Not Dying”…

With his usual magnanimity, Krugman declares that the epidemiologists have been completely accurate in their warnings during the pandemic, whereas those who want to reopen the economy are trying to…

In his attempt to praise Powell and criticize Trump, Krugman admits that the “real economy” is in terrible shape, and that the stock market has done well only because of…

Krugman is unhappy that the “right wing” is more apt to listen to people he considers quacks than to people he considers experts, and he says the COVID-19 problem is yet another…

Guest co-host Richard Ebeling — who was one of Bob’s own economics professors — joins me to discuss Krugman’s qualified support for the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill recently signed…