Tyler Cowen
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Richard Hanania on Conrad’s Nostromo, Latin American Crime, and Populism
Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo, widely considered his masterpiece, follows a fictional Latin American country torn apart by corruption and its uneasy dependence on foreign capital.
Roman Mars on Flags, Phones, and the Design of Everyday Life
Roman Mars has built one of podcasting’s great empires out of noticing things everyone else walks past.
Liaquat Ahamed on Financial Crises, Gold, and the Lessons of 1873
Liaquat Ahamed has spent years making central bankers into compelling characters.
Luis Garicano on Spain, Europe, and the Future of Work
Luis Garicano has one of the more unusual résumés in economics: trained at the University of Chicago Booth School under Gary Becker, Kevin Murphy, and Sherwin Rosen, he left academia for a stint as a…
Gita Gopinath on Trade, Currencies, and Economic Transformation
Gita Gopinath has spent the last several years inside the room where the world's monetary plumbing gets fixed — or doesn't.
Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork
Annie Lowrey's new book, The Time Tax, argues that the most regressive levy in American life is the hours each of us must spend on hold, in waiting rooms, and filling out forms a competent state would…
Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability
Is leadership overrated? That’s one simple reading of what Jared Diamond argues in his new book.
Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity
Note: Due to a technical mishap, Tyler’s video feed starts at 16:14.
Tyler Cowen: On the Sound of Patriotism - A Musical History
To honor the 250th anniversary of America, Tyler Cowen plays Rick patriotic music from the United States and around the world in this special listening…
Why Is Tyler Cowen Optimistic About AI?
Tyler Cowen is an economist, author, and professor who holds the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as chairman and faculty director of the Mercatus Center.