
Gene Epstein
Contributor at Reason
Host at The Soho Forum Debates
Director and Moderator of @TheSohoForum, presented by @Reason. Former Economics & Books Editor at Barron's.
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Hal Brands and Gareth Porter debate the resolution, "The Cold War was a necessary response by the United States to a Soviet and Chinese threat to the global balance of power."Hal Brands, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, defends the resolution. He has authored multiple books on the Cold War, including The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry Today.
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1 month ago |
reason.com | Gene Epstein
The Soho Forum Debates Is it consistently libertarian to support government restrictions on immigration?
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1 month ago |
reason.com | Gene Epstein
Libertarianism Eric Brakey and Andrew Heaton debate whether libertarians should prioritize building local liberty-focused societies like the Free State Project or focus on reforming the federal government.
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Mar 22, 2025 |
reason.com | Gene Epstein
Israel City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
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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.

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

"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.

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

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.

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