I've seen Gene Epstein debate a socialist before, and man was he energetic.
The victim: Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of Jacobin magazine.
When ol' Gene gets going, there's no stopping him. Anything opposing him is facing an oncoming train.
Well, this afternoon here in Florida Gene is debating another socialist, Ben Burgis.
I believe he's going to be more restrained this time, but I don't expect him to come in second place.
After a successful career at the New York Stock Exchange, Barron's, and other places, Gene became known as the director of the Soho Forum, which runs an excellent debate series in New York (at least, when New York allowed people to gather).
From what I can see, the Soho Forum doesn't offer season tickets, though maybe it should.
Then they'd be making (at least the option of) a membership out of it, and memberships often provide the kind of steady, reliable income a business needs.
Hence why I'm talking about memberships lately.
I just commemorated the nine-year anniversary of my Liberty Classroom membership site, for example. The regular, recurring membership fee has given the Woods household both freedom and security.
You want this, too.
The answer is a membership.
Where to learn about how to do it: at Stu McLaren's free online workshop. Stu is the world's foremost authority on this.
Ol' Woods here is normally very indulgent and understanding, but he's a taskmaster when it comes to this.
I insist you attend. If you don't think it was worth every minute of the time spent, I owe you a Coke.
If your response is that you have two weeks to live, I accept that and sympathize deeply.
But if you're thinking: I'm too much of a beginner for this, or I don't know what area I'd cover, or it sounds like I'd have to create a lot of content, or anything like that, no way. This is precisely why you need to attend.
Remember that acquaintance of mine whose financial plan was his hope that maybe he'd win the lottery.
That's just sad.
Big positive life changes don't generally happen by sitting around waiting and hoping for them.
They start by taking a first step.
Here's the step:
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