Gene Epstein

Gene Epstein (born 1944) is an American economist. He worked as the economics editor of Barron's Magazine from 1993 to 2017.[1] He calls himself a follower of the Austrian School of economics[2] and is an associated scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.[3]

Epstein in 2016

Career

Epstein earned a BA from Brandeis University and an MA in economics from the New School. He taught economics at St. John’s University and the City University of New York. He wrote a book called Making Money in Commodities in 1976[4] and later worked as a senior economist for the New York Stock Exchange.[5]

In 1993 he became economics editor and columnist of "Economic Beat" for Barron's Magazine.

His book, Econospinning was published in 2006.[6] When the book was published, there was controversy in the blogosphere after Tyler Cowen mentioned the book in his blog Marginal Revolution.[7]

He runs a monthly libertarian debate called the SOHO Forum.[1] In one of the episodes, he debated Richard D. Wolff on the issues of socialism and capitalism.[8] As of December 2020, the recording of the debate has been viewed almost 2 million times.[9]

References
  1. "Gene Epstein". Reason.com. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. Epstein: I noticed a book called Man, Economy, and State by Murray Rothbard in the library of the New School. I browsed through it briefly, then bought it. I read it and began to get excited about economic science, realizing that I was an Austrian. The Austrian Economics Newsletter (Summer 2000). "Austrian Watchdog at Barron's: An Interview with Gene Epstein", Volume 20, Number 2
  3. "Senior Fellows, Faculty Members, and Staff." Mises.org
  4. ISBN 978-0275226206
  5. "About - The Soho Forum". thesohoforum.org
  6. Leading Authorities. "Gene Epstein – Keynote Speakers". LAI. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  7. "Econospinning". Marginal Revolution. 2006-08-09. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  8. "Is socialism preferable to capitalism?" Reason Magazine, 2019
  9. "Capitalism vs. Socialism: A Soho Forum Debate" youtube.com


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