Socialism vs. Capitalism: A Debate with Jacobin Magazine
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.
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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.
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What a fascinating debate! I had great time listening to both side's arguments. Please, keep organizing these debates. They are really something else.
Bhaskar doesn't even run his own organization as employee owned, but wants to make it illegal not to?? At least make your own organization a small proof of concept.
Love the moderator politely and endearingly gets both sides to shut up when needed to.
socialist companies are legal in capitalist countries, capitalist companies are illegal in socialist countries... that tells you exactly how little regard socialism has for freedom.
Really? "Jacobin Magazine"? Why not rename it "Terror Today" or "Guillotine Gazette" or "Robespierre Review"?
- Comes from third-world country, “Ugh the consumerism!” 🤣🤣🤣 Dave you slay me
Capitalism = voluntary interaction
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That old guy. Lol. "Capitalism is about competition, and competition creates LOSERS!" Na, dude. Capitalism just shows us who the losers are.
I despise the notion that "democracy" is a good thing. It's soooooo prevalent and annoying!
In the span of 2 minutes, this guy bashes Gene over the head for not acknowledging that "capitalism is all about profit, man
My god, we’ve found the libertarian Bernie!
Bhaskar: Let's give government control over everything and pretend it will be different this time.
The stand up at the beginning-unbearable
Workers controlling the means of production is one the stupidest thing imaginable, who would ever take the risk of creating their own business if it was just going to be taken from them by their own employees once it was big enough?
Really interesting panel, kudos for the girl that handled this strong personalities and could relax the tensions
Consumerism, if you find it unpleasant, is the result of humans, not capitalists. Capitalists try to find things to sell consumers, but consumers have the power of choice, the power of redistribution of money, etc. If you don't like some consumerist things, don't buy them and they will go away. There's no such thing as coercion in a free market.
I want to impose all these political rules to force people to work how I believe they should, but I don't think coercion will be necessary. -Bhaskar
Considering that I just watched (and enjoyed) a video of Naomi talking about the virtues of capitalism over socialism, how is she a moderator in his debate?
Haven't finished watching yet, but based purely on Bhaskar Sunkaras opening statement he seems to be presupposing his conclusion. Lots of talk about how the world should work, no arguments/evidence what he's suggesting will actually work.