Gene Epstein
@GeneSohoForum
Director and Moderator of @TheSohoForum, presented by @Reason. Former Economics & Books Editor at Barron's.
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http://thesohoforum.org 14-12-2017 01:01:57
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'Overwhelming majority of Ukrainians support gov't in continuing the fight.' 'Efforts to draft young men hampered by increasing reluctance to join the military.' Zelensky has banned opposition parties/media & canceled elections. So how does Ian Lovett report war's popularity?!
'The transition away from fossil fuels is yielding results.'-NY Times. 'Last year, China got more additional power from coal than from solar & wind, India got 3 times as much, while Bangladesh got 13 times more & Indonesia 90 times more.'-Bjorn Lomborg nypost.com/2024/04/09/opi…
RBR hits a new low in logic: 'more than a dozen' Kennedy family members favor Biden? As though we're supposed to be swayed by those dozen dummies! (Not that I myself favor RKK Jr after Dave Smith got him to say it's good that aid to Israel enriches our military contractors!)
Get a load of these awesome photographs from our last debate between our director, Gene Epstein , and independent journalist, Joe Nocera - moderated by our COO, Jane Menton. Thank everyone for coming out for a fantastic night, and we hope to see you again very soon!
'heat is killing more people than most other natural disasters combined'-R. Jisung Park At least questionable? CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, based on death certificates, indicates twice as many die of 'excessive cold' than of 'excessive heat.'
nytimes.com/2024/04/16/opi…
Re Lib debates re immigrants: Dave Smith rightly noted folks have a natural right to birth babies, but doesn't follow that your 6 kids thus have an automatic claim on schooling, medical care... So in that sense, Chris Freiman rightly analogized domestic offspring w/immigrants.
The video Martin Fridson, Editor, https://isinewsletter.com is graciously referring to: 'The Dirty Data of Declining Labor Share Myths,' starting at around 11:00, in which I explain the errors underlying the myth that labor is getting a noticeably lower share of output than it used to.
mises.org/podcasts/mises…