HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle
Expand

Socialism vs. Capitalism: A Debate with Jacobin Magazine

Views:814
@ReasonVids

Which economic system is most effective at bringing freedom to the masses? Jacobin magazine's Bhaskar Sunkara and economist Gene Epstein in a live debate.


Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/reasontv

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magaz...
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason
Subscribe to our podcast at iTunes: https://goo.gl/az3a7a

Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines.

Is socialism more effective than capitalism in bringing freedom to the masses?

That was the resolution at a recent public debated hosted by the Soho Forum on October 15, 2018. It featured Bhaskar Sunkara, the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine, and Gene Epstein, the Soho Forum's director and former economics and books editor of Barron's. Naomi Brockwell moderated.

It was an Oxford-style debate in which the audience votes on the resolution at the beginning and end of the event, and the side that gains the most ground is victorious. Epstein, arguing the negative, prevailed by convincing about 11 percent of audience members to change their minds.

Sunkara is also the author of the forthcoming The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality, which will be published by Basic Books in 2019.

Comedian Dave Smith, host of the podcast Part of the Problem, opened the program.

The Soho Forum, which is partnered with the Reason Foundation, is a monthly debate series at the SubCulture Theater in Manhattan's East Village. At the next debate, which will be held on November 14, 2018, Columbia professor John McWhorter will debate NYU's Nikhil Pal Singh on whether "the message of anti-racism has become as harmful a force in American life as racism itself." Buy tickets here.

Music: "January" by Kai Engle is licensed under a CC-BY creative commons license.

libertarian
,
reason magazine
,
reason.com
,
reason.tv
,
reasontv
,
soho forum
,
alexandria ocasio-cortez
,
bernie sanders
,
marxism
,
democratic socialism
,
socialism
,
capitalism
    Thumbnail for How Third Parties Are Getting Screwed This Election Season3:30
    How Third Parties Are Getting Screwed This Election Season
    ReasonVids
    1021 views
    Thumbnail for What's the difference between socially liberal conservatives and real libertarians?2:52
    What's the difference between socially liberal conservatives and real libertarians?
    ReasonVids
    803 views
    Thumbnail for Have the Bestest 4th of July Ever! (Errant Fireworks Display!)0:33
    Have the Bestest 4th of July Ever! (Errant Fireworks Display!)
    ReasonVids
    984 views
    Thumbnail for Brain Games' Jason Silva Talks Techno Optimism7:23
    Brain Games' Jason Silva Talks Techno Optimism
    ReasonVids
    959 views
    Thumbnail for Turn that shit down, bitch! 1:01
    Turn that shit down, bitch!
    bestofvoatxyz
    531 views
    Thumbnail for London UK: this carriage is for vaccinated people only0:45
    London UK: this carriage is for vaccinated people only
    bestofpoal
    964 views
    Thumbnail for IRL footage leaked of yidsraelis debating which elementary school to bomb next0:19
    IRL footage leaked of yidsraelis debating which elementary school to bomb next
    bestofupgoat
    122 views
    Thumbnail for Why is Teaching a Crime? California Denies Blue-Collar Workers Entry to Trade Schools4:12
    Why is Teaching a Crime? California Denies Blue-Collar Workers Entry to Trade Schools
    IJvids
    1065 views
    Thumbnail for Gov't to makeup artists:  Put down the blush, or we'll shut you DOWN2:51
    Gov't to makeup artists: Put down the blush, or we'll shut you DOWN
    IJvids
    887 views
    Thumbnail for Imaginary Numbers are Matrices | Zundamon's Theorem12:44
    Imaginary Numbers are Matrices | Zundamon's Theorem
    invidious
    95 views
    Thumbnail for Chris Bell: Kratom Is the Cure for the Opioid Epidemic25:21
    Chris Bell: Kratom Is the Cure for the Opioid Epidemic
    ReasonVids
    899 views
    Thumbnail for Nice tits, you commie bitch!0:44
    Nice tits, you commie bitch!
    AOU
    2732 views
    Thumbnail for FIDE Candidates 2024 Rd 13 | Hikaru, Gukesh or Ian? Who'll Survive The Pressure On Penultimate Day? | chess246:28:02
    FIDE Candidates 2024 Rd 13 | Hikaru, Gukesh or Ian? Who'll Survive The Pressure On Penultimate Day? | chess24
    invidious
    312 views
    Thumbnail for Computer learning has creates an AI that can quickly predict protein shapes. This is a revolition in biology.1:03
    Computer learning has creates an AI that can quickly predict protein shapes. This is a revolition in biology.
    bestofsaidit
    836 views
    Thumbnail for Maga Rap0:46
    Maga Rap
    bestofmoviegoats
    495 views
    Thumbnail for Tucker Carlson's Great Replacement Theory Is Spectacularly Wrong5:12
    Tucker Carlson's Great Replacement Theory Is Spectacularly Wrong
    ReasonVids
    994 views
    Thumbnail for New World Order3:18
    New World Order
    AOUisgay
    473 views
    Thumbnail for Pentagon Slush Fund is Draining the Economy and Militarizing Foreign Policy10:32
    Pentagon Slush Fund is Draining the Economy and Militarizing Foreign Policy
    ReasonVids
    814 views
    Thumbnail for How California Could Have Avoided Its Epic Water Crisis3:43
    How California Could Have Avoided Its Epic Water Crisis
    ReasonVids
    882 views
    Thumbnail for A Very Libertarian Christmas3:32
    A Very Libertarian Christmas
    ReasonVids
    666 views
    Thumbnail for Episode 13 - Prep The Bull1:22
    Episode 13 - Prep The Bull
    murdochmurdoch
    1706 views
    Thumbnail for How we're taking down Detroit's notorious car impound system8:22
    How we're taking down Detroit's notorious car impound system
    IJvids
    937 views
    Thumbnail for LOOK AT THIS 🐰 4 - THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS (TADC) | GH'S ANIMATION | GH'S0:14
    LOOK AT THIS 🐰 4 - THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS (TADC) | GH'S ANIMATION | GH'S
    invidious
    338 views
    Thumbnail for Libertarian John McAfee's Campaign to Tear Down The Political System8:12
    Libertarian John McAfee's Campaign to Tear Down The Political System
    ReasonVids
    931 views
    Thumbnail for Claire hating Haley’s costume is a Halloween tradition #ModernFamily #HaleyDunphy #Shorts | Peacock0:46
    Claire hating Haley’s costume is a Halloween tradition #ModernFamily #HaleyDunphy #Shorts | Peacock
    invidious
    342 views

points

Permalink
Reply
libertarian
,
reason magazine
,
reason.com
,
reason.tv
,
reasontv
,
soho forum
,
alexandria ocasio-cortez
,
bernie sanders
,
marxism
,
democratic socialism
,
socialism
,
capitalism
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle