Joe Nocera of The Free Press and Gene Epstein of The Soho Discussion board debate the decision, “Capitalism has been a key factor in leaving the United States unprepared to address the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Taking the affirmative is Nocera, a columnist for The Free Press and co-author (with Bethany McLean) of The Huge Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind. His enterprise journalism has appeared in quite a few publications, together with Esquire, Bloomberg, and The New York Occasions.
Arguing in opposition to the decision is Epstein, the manager director of the Soho Discussion board. He’s the previous economics and books editor of Barron’s, a place he left in January 2018 after a 26-year stint. He ceaselessly seems on libertarian podcasts, particularly The Tom Woods Present.