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Ep. 12 Gene Epstein on Commies, Krugman, and Crushing Debaters
Episode 1217th January 2019 • Bob Murphy Show • Robert Murphy
00:00:00 02:36:39

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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 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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