The Tom Woods Show Podcast Episodes featuring Gene Epstein

Ep. 1864 Gene Epstein on More Bad Arguments for the Minimum Wage

The Tom Woods Show - March 27, 2021 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Gene Epstein joins us to refute a Dean Baker article claiming that another reason to raise the minimum wage is that it has not kept pace with increases in productivity. Gene has the numbers, as usual. Sponsor: If you're tired of doom and gloom in your financial analysis, Merk Research offers a ba...

Ep. 1710 David Stockman and Gene Epstein on Economic Prospects in the Age of COVID

The Tom Woods Show - August 12, 2020 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
David Stockman, who served as OMB director under Ronald Reagan, joins Gene Epstein, formerly of Barron's, to discuss where the economy is right now and where it's going. Gene is more optimistic than David, and a spirited exchange ensues.

Ep. 1560 Peter Schiff, Gene Epstein, and More on What's to Come in 2020

The Tom Woods Show - December 28, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Immediately after the New York City premiere of our documentary, The Housing Bubble, we were joined by an all-star panel of commentators, including Gene, Peter, and several other important voices. We discussed the true lessons of the 2008 crisis, and what to expect in 2020.

Ep. 1555 Crucial Advice Libertarians Need to Heed, Gene Epstein Edition

The Tom Woods Show - December 15, 2019 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
As we wrap up Gene Epstein week, Gene offers various nuggets of wisdom for libertarians which, if followed, will contribute to a happy and successful life.

Ep. 1551 Gene Epstein Week Begins: "Mommy Was a Commie"

The Tom Woods Show - December 10, 2019 21:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Gene Epstein joins me for a week of episodes on the Tom Woods Show. Gene is former economics and book review editor for Barron's, and currently serves as director of , a debate series in New York City. We begin Gene Epstein week with Gene's interesting background story – which includes the story ...

Ep. 1475 Gene Epstein Smacks Down Progressive Economics

The Tom Woods Show - August 21, 2019 20:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Gene Epstein returns to discuss People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent, the new book by economist Joseph Stiglitz. It gets the full Epstein treatment.

Ep. 1272 Gene Epstein on How to Debate a Socialist

The Tom Woods Show - October 31, 2018 18:50 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Fresh off his Soho Forum debate victory (as measured by Oxford-style rules) against Jacobin magazine editor Bhaskar Sunkara, Gene Epstein joins me for a review of the event and the arguments that gave his opponent so much difficulty.

Ep. 1188 Just When You Thought We'd Smashed the Schools Good, Along Comes Gene Epstein

The Tom Woods Show - June 27, 2018 21:58 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Gene Epstein joins me to make if anything an even more radical case against the existing education system than Bryan Caplan does in the latter's recent book The Case Against Education. Whatever "but surely you agree we have to have X!" arguments you've heard, Gene anticipates and smashes them in ...