The Soho Forum Debates

Debate: Austrian vs. Chicago Economics 05.07.2024 1:34:11 ↓

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

Glenn Greenwald and Alan Dershowitz Debate Bombing Iran 24.05.2024 1:52:08 ↓

The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Glenn Greenwald takes on famed lawyer and author Alan Dershowitz.

A Soho Forum Discussion of COVID with Tom Woods 26.04.2024 1:33:11 ↓

In lieu of the planned debate with Brent Orrell, Gene Epstein and Tom Woods discuss the prudence of COVID-related restrictions.

Did Capitalism Fail During the Pandemic? 05.04.2024 1:32:22 ↓

Columnist Joe Nocera debates Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.

What's the Root Cause of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? 01.03.2024 1:28:38 ↓

Eli Lake of The Free Press debates author Jeremy Hammond at The Soho Forum.

Must Government Fund Science? 02.02.2024 1:29:40 ↓

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

Social Media Censorship and The First Amendment 22.12.2023 1:31:15 ↓

Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates St. John University's Kate Klonick on the federal government's role in social media censorship.

Will AI Destroy Humanity? 17.11.2023 1:45:53 ↓

Susan Schneider and Jobst Landgrebe debate the dangers of AI.

Will Electric Cars Disappoint Environmentalists? 20.10.2023 1:36:29 ↓

Mark Mills and Rosario Fortugno debate the future of electric vehicles.

Would Anarcho-Capitalism Be a Disaster? 22.09.2023 1:26:05 ↓

Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.

Should Libertarians Support School Choice? 25.08.2023 1:26:52 ↓

Corey DeAngelis of the American Federation for Children debates libertarian author Stephan Kinsella.

Should the U.S. Have Free Immigration? 28.07.2023 1:41:45 ↓

The Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh and attorney Francis Menton debate immigration policy.

Is the Nonaggression Principle Incoherent? 30.06.2023 1:35:13 ↓

Economists David Friedman and Gene Epstein debate how best to persuade people toward libertarianism.

Are Libertarians Greedy and Delusional? 26.05.2023 1:43:15 ↓

Law professor Andrew Koppelman and Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein debate whether libertarianism has been corrupted.

Does The 1619 Project Have Anything To Teach Us? 21.04.2023 1:42:50 ↓

Two historians go head-to-head on whether the controversial New York Times project has any value.

Black America and Progressivism: Jason L. Riley vs. Nikhil Pal Singh 01.04.2023 1:43:25 ↓

The Manhattan Institute senior fellow and the NYU historian debate whether black Americans should move away from progressivism.

National Divorce? 24.02.2023 1:19:01 ↓

Is breaking up the U.S. a good idea? Law professor F.H. Buckley and Libertarian Party activist Jonathan Casey debate.

Should We Abolish the Federal Reserve? 27.01.2023 1:33:57 ↓

Economists Lawrence H. White and Frederic Mishkin debate whether the Federal Reserve should be replaced with free market institutions.

Should Americans Value Nationalism? 16.12.2022 1:26:17 ↓

National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.

Never Lock Down Again? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund 18.11.2022 1:54:20 ↓

Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates Yale's Sten Vermund on COVID-19 lockdowns, focused protection, and the Great Barrington Declaration.

Is Free Market Ideology Hurting the Economy? 24.10.2022 1:34:13 ↓

A livestreamed debate between Binyamin Appelbaum and Gene Epstein

Is It Time to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons? 23.09.2022 1:22:26 ↓

Author Ward Wilson advocates eliminating nuclear weapons. Defense consultant Peter Huessy says that's unrealistic.

Does Climate Science Really Compel Us Toward Urgent Action? 09.09.2022 1:30:49 ↓

Climate scientist Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University defends urgent action on climate against scientist and author Steven Koonin.