Tyler Cowen is one of the top thinkers in the world: the thinkers’ thinker.
A professor of economics at George Mason University, he has one of the most popular economics sites on the internet, Marginal Revolution, where he’s blogged every day for over 20 years. It also runs the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University. However, he may be be ... Show More
Jul 29
Albert Hammond Jr.
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2h 5m
Jul 22
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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55m 29s
Aug 2018
#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
There are only a handful of websites that I read religiously. One of those is MarginalRevolution.com, started by my next guest, Tyler Cowen. Other than hosting one of the most popular economic blogs in the world, Tyler is also an economics professor at George Mason University, a ... Show More
57m 50s
Aug 2022
Talent Acquisition, the Recession, and Inflation — with Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen, an economist and professor at George Mason University, discusses his latest book, “Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World.” Tyler also shares his thoughts on macroeconomic trends including whether the US is heading for a recession ... Show More
26m 22s
Sep 2022
Forward Thinking on talent, state capacity, and being hopeful with Tyler Cowen
In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, Michael Chui talks to Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, who serves as chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. With col ... Show More
48m 4s
Mar 2017
Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)
<p>Journalist, author, and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell joins Tyler for a conversation on Joyce Gladwell, Caribbean identity, satire as a weapon, Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden, Harvard's under-theorized endowment, why early childhood intervention is overrated, long-distance ru ... Show More
1h 32m
Jan 2024
Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth
<p>It was a great pleasure speaking with Tyler Cowen for the 3rd time.</p><p>We discussed <em>GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?</em>, especially in the context of how the insights of Hayek, Keynes, Smith, and other great economists help us ma ... Show More
1h 42m
Jun 2017
Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)
<p>The US senator and former college president joined Tyler for a conversation on adolescence, adulthood, driving for Uber, loving Luther, hate-reading Rousseau, the decline of small towns, backpacking across Europe, America's peculiar fondness for age-segregation, and why his la ... Show More
1h 21m