Gene Epstein
Gene Epstein (born 1944) is an American economist. He worked as the economics editor of "Barron's Magazine" from 1993 to 2017. He calls himself a follower of the Austrian School of economics and is an associated scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. 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 and later worked as a senior economist for  the New York Stock Exchange. In 1993 he became economics editor and columnist of "Economic Beat" for "Barron's Magazine". His book, "Econospinning" was published in 2006. When the book was published, there was controversy in the blogosphere after Tyler Cowen mentioned the book in his blog Marginal Revolution. He runs a monthly libertarian debate called the SOHO Forum. In one of the episodes, he debated Richard D. Wolff on the issues of socialism and capitalism. As of December 2021, the recording of the debate has been viewed over 3 million times.