The Soho Forum

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The Soho Forum is a debate society that holds debates on a wide-array of libertarian-centric topics.

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Gene Epstein is the Director and Moderator of the Forum which has held debates on controversial issues such as sex work, [1] Bitcoin, [2] illegal drugs, [3] and other topics. [4]

History

Reason Magazine published the first Soho Forum debate in November 2016. It was a debate between Nick Gillespie, Reason's editor-in-chief, versus Walter Block, a prominent Austrian economist, over the resolution, "Should Libertarians Vote for Trump?" [5] The Forum has been exclusively moderated by Gene Epstein, a former economics editor of Barron's . [6]

The Forum uses the Oxford-style debate method by which before the debate begins, the moderator asks the audience to cast their vote on the debate resolution. [7] Immediately following the end of the debate, the audience shares their final vote and the side with the greater percentage change between the first and second vote wins the debate. [7]

The debates are regularly published to Reason, [4] C-Span, [8] as well as to the Forum's Youtube and Spotify. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ReasonTV (2022-05-17). Feminists Debate Sex Work: The Soho Forum . Retrieved 2025-04-21 via YouTube.
  2. "Will Bitcoin Demonetize Gold?". Reason.com. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  3. "Should Adults Be Allowed to Use Any Drug They Choose? A Soho Forum Debate". Reason.com. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  4. 1 2 "The Soho Forum Debates Archives". Reason.com. 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  5. "Should Libertarians Vote For Trump? Nick Gillespie vs. Walter Block". Reason.com. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  6. "About". The Soho Forum. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  7. 1 2 "The Soho Forum Debate Results". www.kaggle.com. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  8. "Soho Forum | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  9. "The Soho Forum". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  10. "The Soho Forum Debates". Spotify. Retrieved 2025-04-21.