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Epstein in 2016

Gene Epstein (born 1944) is an American economist. He worked as the economics editor of Barron's Magazine from 1993 to 2017.^[1] He calls himself a follower of the Austrian School of economics^[2] and is an associated scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.^[3]

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^[4] and later worked as a senior economist for the New York Stock Exchange.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993 he became economics editor and columnist of "Economic Beat" for Barron's Magazine.

His book, Econospinning was published in 2006.^[5] When the book was published, there was controversy in the blogosphere after Tyler Cowen mentioned the book in his blog Marginal Revolution.^[6]

He runs a monthly libertarian debate called the SOHO Forum.^[1]

References

External links

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  Appearances on C-SPAN
  


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  Roberts, Russ (June 2, 2008). "Gene Epstein on Gold, the Fed, and Money". EconTalk. Library of Economics and Liberty.
  


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  Interview on NPR about the unemployment rate
  


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  Review of Econospinning