Ep. 2484 Gene Epstein: Good Economy or Bad?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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A potpourri episode with Gene, who discusses his recent Covid debate, whether younger folks are uniquely struggling, and whether it's correct to say (with Biden) that the economy is actually great but the public is too dumb to recognize it. Sponsors: & Debate Discussed: Guest's Website: Guest's Twitter: @GeneSohoForum

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0:00.0	Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.
0:05.0	Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods show.
0:11.0	Hey everybody, Tom Woods here, episode 2481 with our old friend Jean Epstein, who is
0:16.9	currently the director of the Soho Forum, The Greatest Thing on Earth,
0:20.5	a wonderful debate series in New York City covering issues of interest to
0:24.7	libertarians but really of interest to people of goodwill everywhere and I by
0:30.4	the time this episode has aired, we'll have debated someone at the Soho Forum,
0:37.4	Brent Orell of the American Enterprise Institute, on the subject of government COVID policy.
0:42.4	So this episode is coming up. the subject of government COVID policy.
0:42.5	So this episode is coming up the evening of April 24th,
0:47.0	2024, but that's the day after the debate,
0:49.8	so I don't know how I did.
0:51.2	But Gene, I mean, you have any predictions?
0:55.0	No, you better not.
0:56.5	You're the moderator.
0:57.5	Well, again, Oxford-Salle voting is unforgiving.
1:01.5	The fact is that the more fans you have in the audience like or on your
1:06.6	side the worst it is for you as you know because you have to move the needle. So literally true that our visual friend Bob Murphy did a debate
1:15.9	at Freedom Fest and 100% of the people voted for him initially.
1:20.4	This is literally what happened.
1:22.0	And so he says, I know it, hope it down. So if you get 100% of the vote
1:26.0	It's gonna be hopeless for you Tom. Yeah right and meanwhile Jean you're urging me share this with your audience which I have been
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