Gene Epstein

Frontier magazine's Peter Gietl and Salvadoran journalist Ricardo Avelar debate the merits of Nayib Bukele's criminal justice policies.

Glenn Greenwald and Elizabeth Price Foley debate 'Trump v. United States' and its implications for presidential powers.

Two former Republican staffers, David Stockman and Stephen Moore, debate the state of the party.

Famed economist Arthur Laffer debates Libertarian Party presidential candidate Chase Oliver.

Author Matt Ridley debates virologist Stephen Goldstein on the origins of SARS-CoV-2.

Dennis Pratt and Gene Epstein debate the efficacy of ethical and consequentialist arguments for libertarianism.

Economists Gene Epstein and David Friedman debate the merits of the Austrian and Chicago schools of economics.

AEI’s Brent Orrell says lockdowns were prudent. Libertarian podcaster Tom Woods disagrees in this live debate in New York City.

Joe Nocera of The Free Press and Gene Epstein of The Soho Forum debate the resolution: “Capitalism has been a key factor in leaving the United States unprepared to address the COVID-19 pandemic.”

AEI’s Tony Mills and British biochemist Terence Kealey debate whether science needs government funding.