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Gene Epstein

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Director and Moderator of @TheSohoForum, presented by @Reason. Former Economics & Books Editor at Barron's.

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Gene Epstein
Gene Epstein @GeneSohoForum
18 Jun 25

To @benshapiro, my debate society (monthly debates since Sept 2016, all on YouTube & podcast) https://t.co/0c5QxMYzx8 would be honored to host a debate between you & @ComicDaveSmith. We pay our debaters generous fees + expenses. Write me at [email protected] for details.

Brian Nichols
Brian Nichols @BNicholsLiberty

Congratulations, @ComicDaveSmith! @benshapiro actually said your name on his show today! Now, the big question... Does he have the stones to debate you?

Gene Epstein
Gene Epstein @GeneSohoForum
18 Jun 25

"of course, people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy"-JD Vance below. "Idiotic" is a weak word, but let's go w/it. Of course, idiocy of last 25 yrs includes Trump's former term in office & entanglement w/Israel.

JD Vance
JD Vance @JDVance

Look, I'm seeing this from the inside, and am admittedly biased towards our president (and my friend), but there's a lot of crazy stuff on social media, so I wanted to address some things directly on the Iran issue: First, POTUS has been amazingly consistent, over 10 years, that

Gene Epstein
Gene Epstein @GeneSohoForum
17 Jun 25

To a 5- or 55-year old: MMT really stands for Modern Monetary Tyranny. The gov't is given the power to tyrannize over the economy by controlling the money supply that it uses to finance its operations. For related reasons, also really stands for Moronic Monetary Theorizing.

MMT101.ORG
MMT101.ORG @MMT101DotORG

1. I've been asked to describe the difference between an MMT economist and a neoclassical economist in a way a 5 year old would understand. Here's my attempt at that last. MMT is the equivalent of understand how a car engine works by taking it apart, describing each piece