2018 EVENTS


December 3, 2018

“Governments of the advanced industrial economies should phase out the use of paper money in the form of large-denomination notes and sharply restrict the use of crypto-currencies.”

Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor at Harvard University, vs. Lawrence White, Professor of Economics at George Mason University.


November 14, 2018

“The message of anti-racism has become as harmful a force in American life as racism itself.”

John McWhorter, an English and Comparative Literature Professor at Columbia University, vs. Nikhil Pal Singh, a Social and Cultural Analysis and History Professor at New York University.


October 15, 2018

“Socialism is more effective than capitalism in bringing freedom to the masses”

Bhaskar Sunkara, the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin, vs. Gene Epstein, the Director of the Soho Forum and former Editor of Economics and Books at Barron's.


September 13, 2018

“While laws that prohibit gun ownership would reduce crimes perpetrated by criminals, that benefit would be more than offset by the foregone opportunities for defensive gun use by victims of crime.”

Gary Kleck, Professor of Criminology at Florida State University, vs. Paul Helmke, Professor at Indiana University.


 

August 27, 2018

 

 

“Is the best way to end global poverty free markets or government action?”

William Easterly, an Economics Professor at New York University, vs. Joseph Stiglitz, an American economist and Professor at Columbia University.


July 2, 2018

 

“Bitcoin, or a similar form of cryptocurrency, will eventually replace governments' fiat money as the preferred medium of exchange."

Erik Voorhees, the CEO of ShapeShift, vs. Peter Schiff, the CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital.


June 11, 2018

 

“The U.S. Constitution should be interpreted and applied according to the original meaning communicated to the public by the words of the text."

Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Professor vs. Michael Dorf. Cornell University Law Professor.


May 14, 2018

 

“All government support of higher education should be abolished."

Bryan Caplan, Economics Professor at George Mason University, vs. Edward Glaeser, Economics Professor at Harvard.


April 16, 2018

“Fractional reserve banking poses a threat to the stability of market economies."

Robert Murphy, Professor in the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, vs. George Selgin of Cato Institute.


March 19, 2018

 

“There is a rape culture on college campuses that creates an unsafe environment for female students."

Michael Kimmel, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University, vs. Cathy Young, a contributor to Reason magazine and a weekly columnist at Newsday.


 February 12, 2018

 

“All the laws requiring those convicted of sex offenses to put their names in a registry should be abolished."

Emily Horowitz, Professor at St. Francis College vs. Marci Hamilton, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

 


January 16, 2018

 

“Selfishness is a virtue."

Yaron Brook, the Executive Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute, vs. Gene Epstein, Director of the Soho Forum.