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

Published: Aug. 20, 2016, 8:45 p.m.

We know how to do some things, Krugman says, like deliver health care to everyone, provide for people's retirement, and increase the wages of low-income people. But economic growth? That's a tough nut to crack, he says. We can try infrastructure spending, but maybe even that won't work.
 
We bring some Contra Krugman awesomeness to this pile of confusion.