The Sheen Center 18 Bleecker Street New York
NY 10012 United States
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About this event
2 hours
Tuesday, April 23, 6:30 PM ET
Brent Orrwll vs. Tom Woods
Resolution:
Government-imposed restrictions during the Covid pandemic were prudent and essential.
For the Affirmative:
Brent Orrell is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute focusing on job training, workforce development, and criminal justice reform. Orrell has over 20 years of experience in the executive and legislative branches of government, and was nominated by President George W. Bush to lead the Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he wrote extensively on the impact of the disease on working conditions and the role of social distancing policies and practices in protecting worker and public health.
For the negative:
Tom Woods is the New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, which have been translated into a dozen languages, and holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He won the $50,000 first prize in the Templeton Enterprise Awards for his book The Church and the Market, and was the winner of the 2019 Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award, given in Vienna by the Hayek Institute and the Austrian Economics Center.
About the Event:
Debate Location:
The Sheen Center
18 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
Debate Details:
6:00 PM: Doors Open
6:30 PM: Meeting Convenes
Reception Location:
Gene Epstein & Hisako Kobayashi’s Apartment
55 Great Jones Street
Reception Details:
8:00 PM: Doors Open
Food and drink are included with a Reception ticket
Please note: in order to attend the reception you must purchase a Debate + Reception ticket.
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