Krugman argues that an undemocratic, authoritarian regime is being built in the United States, and cites Sharpiegate and Trump’s treatment of the auto industry as prime examples. Krugman Column “How…

We take listener questions in this episode, from Krugman’s worst blunders, to how the Fed might return interest rates to their natural level, to a former Fed official’s implication that…

Because Krugman is a bore, Tom and Bob field questions from the listeners. They handle objections about their recent arguments concerning the economics of slavery, clear up apparent contradictions in…

David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, joins Tom (Bob is on vacation) to explain what’s really happening with the current inverted yield curve,…

The ordinarily serene Bob Murphy is genuinely outraged in this episode, in which we cover Krugman’s casual claim that Donald Trump is trying to establish an “authoritarian, white nationalist regime.”…