Gene Epstein

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Austrian Watchdog at Barron’s: An Interview with Gene Epstein

07/30/2014 Austrian Economics Newsletter Gene Epstein

Volume 20, Number 2 (Summer 2000) An Interview with Gene Epstein Gene Epstein, former chief economist for the New York Stock Exchange, is economics editor at Barron’s, where he writes a regular column...

Murray, My Intellectual Mentor

04/07/2011 Mises Daily Gene Epstein

It was nearly 40 years ago that Murray Rothbard changed my life. I was then a PhD candidate in economics at the New School for Social Research in downtown Manhattan, while also teaching principles courses at a local university. And I was rapidly losing interest in the whole subject.

Blast from the Past: A Warning about Socialism

09/24/2010 Mises Daily Gene Epstein

Pictures of the Socialistic Future tells an engrossing story about a socialist paradise that swiftly degenerates into a societal dungeon. It was originally published in an English translation in 1893—which adds immeasurably to its resonance.

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The Dirty Data of Declining Labor Share Myths

07/26/2022 Gene Epstein

Less and less and less?

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

01/17/2019 Robert P. Murphy Gene Epstein

Gene Epstein and Bob Murphy cover a variety of topics, including how Gene's reading of Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State lead him to become a free-market libertarian.

Why You Can’t Trust the Experts

03/01/2004 Gene Epstein

Boom, Bust, and the Future (28:52) January 18-19, 2002

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