12. Gene Epstein on Commies, Krugman, and Crushing Debaters

Tags: Biographies, Strategy

01/17/2019 Robert P. Murphy Gene Epstein

Gene Epstein, former Barron’s economics editor and founder of the Soho Forum, joins Bob for a lively discussion covering a variety of topics. Gene explains that his mother, a card-carrying member of the Communist Party, had an FBI file and was responsible for Gene’s original position as a democratic socialist. It was only through his reading of Murray Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State that Gene became a free-market libertarian. Gene recounts his experiences teaching economics and working on the New York Stock Exchange, and shares examples of the abuse of economic statistics as detailed in his book Econospinning. Finally, Gene offers Bob some advice for his upcoming debate with Tom Woods.

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